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Medics, migration and the NHS
In the 1960s the NHS became Britain’s biggest employer. So to help fill all those jobs, the government brought in thousands of workers from abroad.
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A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
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A brief history of ventilation
As ventilators continue to play an important part in helping very ill coronavirus patients, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris traces their development from the first attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation through centuries of medical crises.
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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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London Association - History to 1969
Date: 1969Reference: SA/MWF/C.122Part of: Medical Women's Federation- Books
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An outline of the mineralogy of the Shetland Islands, and of the Island of Arran. Illustrated with copper-plates. With an appendix; containing observations on peat, kelp, and coal. By Robert Jameson, member of the Royal Medical, and Natural History Societies, Edinburgh; and of the Linnaean Society, London.
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854.Date: 1798- Archives and manuscripts
Medical Women's Federation
Medical Womens' FederationDate: 1879-1988Reference: SA/MWF- Books
A singular remedy : cinchona across the Atlantic World, 1751-1820 / Stefanie Gänger.
Gänger, StefanieDate: 2021
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The medical institutions of Glasgow : a handbook prepared for the annual meeting of the British Medical Association, held in Glasgow, August, 1888 / compiled and edited at the request of the local committee by James Christie.
Date: [1889]