Stories
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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.
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Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles
Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.
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Shakespeare and the four humours
Blood. Phlegm. Black bile. Yellow bile. The theory of the four humours informed many of Shakespeare's best-known characters, including the phlegmatic Falstaff.
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Fake news and the flu
Discover how history shows that fake news could play a deadly role – by generating potentially lethal misinformation during a future pandemic.
Catalogue
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Tuberculosis in Cyprus : an interim report on its incidence and means of control made under the auspices of the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis / by Noel Dean Bardswell.
Bardswell, Noel D. (Noel Dean), 1871-Date: 1937- Archives and manuscripts
Tuberculosis control in a British Colony
Date: c.1940sReference: SA/NPT/A/6/2/3Part of: National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis, successor and associated bodies- Archives and manuscripts
Tuberculosis: 20 questions - and the answers
Date: [1968-1984]Reference: SA/NPT/A/6/4/3/98Part of: National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis, successor and associated bodies- Archives and manuscripts
Tuberculosis - twenty-one questions and their answers
Date: c.1950-1976Reference: SA/NPT/A/6/4/2/6Part of: National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis, successor and associated bodies- Archives and manuscripts
Tuberculosis - Scotland's urgent health problem
Date: 1950sReference: SA/NPT/A/6/4/4/13Part of: National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis, successor and associated bodies