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.
- Long read
The ambivalence of air
Daisy Lafarge investigates the effects of air quality and pressure on body and mind, exploring air as cure, but one with contradictions.
- Article
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.
- Article
The building as tool of healing
When we’re ill, it’s not just medical care that helps to treat us. Architects have discovered that the right environment can play an important part too.
Catalogue
- Books
Tuberculosis, prevention and control.
Date: 1962- Books
Tuberculosis and its prevention / by G. Sims Woodhead.
Woodhead, G. Sims (German Sims), Sir, 1855-1921.Date: 1899- Books
- Online
Tuberculosis : its cure and prevention / by Gordon Tippett.
Tippett, Gordon.Date: 1933- Books
- Online
Tuberculosis : its cause, cure and prevention / by Edward O. Otis.
Otis, Edward O. (Edward Osgood), 1848-1933.Date: 1914- Books
Tuberculosis : its cause, cure and prevention / by Edward O. Otis.
Otis, Edward O. (Edward Osgood), 1848-1933.Date: 1914