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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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Epidemic threats and racist legacies

Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.

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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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  • Prince of Wales' recovery from Typhoid Fever, 27/02/1872
  • Typical rash of typhoid fever
  • Intestine from a case of typhoid fever
  • Portions of the intestine, dysentery with typhoid fever
  • Dysentery with typhoid fever, portions of intestine after 14 days
  • Head and neck of a patient suffering from typhoid fever
  • Abdomen of a youth with taches bleuatres due to typhoid fever
  • Typhoid fever : its nature, mode of spreading, and prevention / by William Budd.
  • Typhoid fever : its nature, mode of spreading, and prevention / by William Budd.
  • Typhoid fever : its nature, mode of spreading, and prevention / by William Budd.
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