Stories
- In pictures
We are the survivors of slow-motion epidemics
Pioneering epidemiologist Dr Alice Stewart realised how things in our daily lives could be as deadly as any infectious disease.
- Article
Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
- Article
Love, longing and tea from the polski sklep
For people of Polish origin in the UK, herbal tea is closely tied to health and shared history. Kasia Tomasiewicz explores her changing relationship to these tea-related cultural habits.
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The secret sting of cystitis
Agnes Arnold-Forster recounts her experiences of cystitis, explaining how this illness intersects with sexism, shame, and stigma from medical professionals.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"Social medicine in developing countries. Social development.'" Milroy Lecture, Royal College of Physicians, Feb 1958
Date: 1958Reference: PP/CDW/K.2Part of: Williams, Cicely Delphine (1893-1992)- Videos
Social medicine.
Date: 19??- Books
Social medicine / by S. Leff.
Leff, Samuel, 1909-1963.Date: [1953]- Archives and manuscripts
Social medicine: general and miscellaneous
Date: 1945-1995Reference: PP/AMS/P.3Part of: Alice Stewart (1906-2002)- Archives and manuscripts
"Social medicine in developing countries", Lancet, 26 Apr and 3 May 1958
Date: 1958Reference: PP/CDW/J.1/10Part of: Williams, Cicely Delphine (1893-1992)