Stories
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The birth of Britain's National Health Service
Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.
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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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The making of ‘Quacks’
How do you create a medical comedy that’s authentic and laugh-out-loud funny?
Catalogue
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The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1826-1848 : a handlist of the Society's Correspondence and papers [in the library of University College, London] / compiled by Janet Percival.
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)Date: 1978
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Vegetable substances: materials of manufactures / [Published under the superintendence of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge]. [Anon].
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)Date: 1833
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The horse; with a treatise on draught / And a copious index. Published under the superintendence of the society for the diffusion of useful knowledge.
Youatt, William, 1776-1847.Date: 1831
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Cattle; their breeds, management, and diseases : with an index / [W. Youatt] ; published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Youatt, William, 1776-1847.Date: 1834- Books
Penny cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Date: 1833-43