Stories
- Article
Getting under the skin
Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.
- Article
Fees, funding and the NHS
In the 1950s, dramatic political battles over NHS charges brought down a government. But public confidence in the service still grew.
- Long read
Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
Catalogue
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Hospitals & nursing 1845-1948 : a century of healthcare at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington / edited by Kevin Brown.
Date: [2000], ©2000- Pictures
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St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London. Lithograph by G. Hawkins after G. R. French.
French, George Russell, 1802-1881.Reference: 38689i- Pictures
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St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London. Coloured lithograph by G. Hawkins after G. R. French.
French, George Russell, 1802-1881.Reference: 38690i- Archives and manuscripts
Dr Peak correspondence: Professor Alexander Fleming (St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London)
Date: 1943Reference: WF/TRC/03/26Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Pictures
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St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London: the Clarence Memorial wing. Photo-lithograph after Florence and Satchell, 1902.
Date: 1902Reference: 38692i