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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Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
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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.
- In pictures
The history of sanatoriums and surveillance
The sanatorium treatment for tuberculosis was a curious combination of sunshine, fresh air, exercise and constant surveillance.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
'First Period - 1909 - 1910 - 1911 - 1912 Scientific Research Work - Tests - Laboratory Experiments 1912 - 1913 Experiments on Guinea Pigs. First Demonstrations of the Treatment on Human Beings (see Dr Lardy's report of February 11th 1914 - Page 2)'
Date: 1909-1929Reference: GC/231/1Part of: Spahlinger, Henri (1882-?): Tuberculosis Treatment- Archives and manuscripts
Clayson, C. - The Place of Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Date: 1950Reference: DGH1/10/2/3Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Books
- Online
Treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis with ichthyol / by William Odell.
Odell, William, 1851-1925.Date: 1909- Pictures
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A man with tuberculosis surrounded by a group of people: treatment of tuberculosis in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Division of Leprosy Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, ca. 2000.
Date: [2000?]Reference: 755367i- Books
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Open-air treatment of surgical tuberculosis / by De Forest Willard.
Willard, De Forest, 1846-1910.Date: [1908]