Stories
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Public health campaigns and the ‘threat’ of disability
By continuing to represent disability as the feared outcome of disease, public health campaigns help to perpetuate prejudice against disabled people.
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History of condoms from animal to rubber
Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.
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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
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An inquiry into the nature and causes of sickness in ships of war : showing the error of its being chiefly ascribed to maritime diet, and that it cannot be prevented by the acids so generally recommended, by what means that prevention may be most effectually attained, and with least expence to the state : to which are added, a review of Sir John Pringle's Discourse on preserving the health of mariners, with other medical disquisitions, including remarks on the new dispensatory of the London College of Physicians / by William Renwick.
Renwick, William, 1740?-1814.Date: 1792- Books
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On the prevention of syphilis in the navy / by Dr. Dickson.
Date: 1865- Books
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Lectures on syphilitic and vaccino-syphilitic inoculations : their prevention, diagnosis and treatment / by Henry Lee.
Date: 1863- Books
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A discussion on syphilis : with special reference to (a) its prevalence and intensity in the past and at the present day (b) its relation to public health, including congenital syphilis (c) the treatment of the disease : held on June 10, 17 and 24, and July 8, 1912, the Royal Society of Medicine, London / discussion re-opened June 24 by H.C. French.
French, Herbert Cumming, 1860-1913.Date: 1912- Pictures
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A black woman preparing to go out by brushing her hair, applying lipstick, attaching an earring and putting a condom in her bag with a message about the benefits of using a condom to prevent AIDS; advertisement by HERO, Health Education Resource Organisation, Baltimore. Lithograph by HEROglyphics, 1990.
Date: 1990Reference: 667929i