Stories
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The cook who became a pariah
New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.
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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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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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The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
Catalogue
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Typhoid fever : its causation, transmission and prevention / by George C. Whipple, with an introductory essay by William T. Sedgwick.
Whipple, George Chandler, 1866-1924.Date: 1908- Books
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Views on the prevention and treatment of typhoid fever / by Stephen Smith Burt.
Burt, Stephen Smith, 1850-1932.Date: 1889- Books
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Facts about fevers, or, Practical rules for preventing the spread of indection : especially in relation to outbreaks of scarlatina and typhoid fever / by David Page.
Page, David.Date: [1880]- Books
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers / prepared by the Standing Medical Advisory Committee for the Central Health Services Council and the Ministry of Health.
Great Britain. Standing Medical Advisory Committee.Date: 1965- Books
Immunization against typhoid and paratyphoid fevers / by M.T. Ashcroft.
Ashcroft, M. T.Date: 1964