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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.
Catalogue
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Prince of Wales' recovery from Typhoid Fever, 27/02/1872
- Books
Typhoid fever and chronic typhoid carriers / D.S. Davies.
Davies, D. S.Date: 1908- Books
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Special report on an outbreak of Typhoid Fever in the Borough of Bethnal Green in 1924.
Bethnal Green (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.Date: 1925- Books
Typhoid fever : a history / Richard Adler and Elise Mara.
Adler, RichDate: [2016]- Books
Typhoid fever in Penicuik / by George Thin.
Thin, George.Date: 1865