Stories
- Article
How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
- Article
When monarchs healed the sick
Our current Queen fortunately doesn’t have to spend hours laying hands on the sick to cure them. But it was a different story for monarchs of the early modern era, whose touch was a sought-after treatment for scrofula.
- Photo story
Exploring Alvar Aalto’s Paimio Sanatorium
Seemingly small features help to make Alvar Aalto’s Paimio Sanatorium in Finland one healing element for the tuberculosis patients he designed it for.
- Article
Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Tuberculosis patient 3 - mountainous landscape (artwork)
Date: 1940-1950Reference: PP/RSI/B/1/5/2Part of: Rita Simon Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Tuberculosis patient 13 - "Louisa"
Date: 1940sReference: PP/RSI/B/1/5/11Part of: Rita Simon Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Tuberculosis patient 8 - mountains (artwork)
Date: 1940sReference: PP/RSI/B/1/5/7Part of: Rita Simon Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Tuberculosis patient 19 - playing ball (artwork)
Date: 1940-1960Reference: PP/RSI/B/1/5/17Part of: Rita Simon Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Tuberculosis patient 11 - Chinese characters (artwork)
Date: 1940s-1950sReference: PP/RSI/B/1/5/10Part of: Rita Simon Collection