Stories
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When civilisation made people sick
Sickness from nervous exhaustion is not a new thing. Over a hundred years ago, neurasthenia afflicted society’s ‘brain-workers’.
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Foraging for a taste of the past
Follow tips from a professional forager to recreate delicious 18th-century recipes from plants growing wild in parks and on urban wasteland.
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The side effects of lithium mining
Laura Grace Simpkins attempts to untangle some uncomfortable truths about the social and environmental costs of making her medication.
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Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
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Steam navigation.
Woodcroft, Bennet, 1803-1879.Date: [1847]- Archives and manuscripts
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Steam Sterilizer File
Date: 1935Reference: RET/4/3/3/2Part of: The Retreat Archive- Digital Images
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Steam-launch for the cable-ship Faraday
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Steam heating controls and hot water pumps and pipework
Date: c 1950s - 1960sReference: RET 1/8/3/21/3Part of: The Retreat Archive- Pictures
Steam spray used by Joseph Lister. Photograph.
Reference: 14463i