Stories
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The hell of hay fever
After years suffering in silence, David Jesudason finds speaking out about his pollen allergy gives him hope for a future where his hay-fever symptoms are under control.
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Black pepper to fuel fiery fights and cure haemorrhoids
This common condiment was once very valuable and, until surprisingly recently, used as a versatile medicine.
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Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
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Remote romance and the common cold
Getting creatively romantic due to a virus sounds all too contemporary, but our archives show what socially distanced seduction looked like seven decades ago.
Catalogue
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Superstitions connected with sneezing / by Leo Kanner.
Kanner, Leo, 1894-1981.Date: 1931- Pictures
A man sneezing in an underground train. Colour lithograph after H.M. Bateman.
Bateman, H. M. (Henry Mayo), 1887-1970.Date: [between 1940 and 1949?]Reference: 22643i- Books
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Hay fever, hay asthma and excessive sneezing / by Litton Forbes.
Forbes, Litton.Date: 1890- Pictures
A police "Wanted" notice for a man sneezing without a handkerchief. Colour lithograph after Keith Monk.
Monk, Keith.Date: [1951?]Reference: 24404i- Pictures
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A police "Wanted" notice for a man sneezing without a handkerchief. Colour lithograph after Keith Monk.
Monk, Keith.Date: [between 1940 and 1949?]Reference: 24405i