Stories
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Fees, funding and the NHS
In the 1950s, dramatic political battles over NHS charges brought down a government. But public confidence in the service still grew.
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Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
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Why we no longer keep our dead at home
Today in the UK we rarely sit with, touch, or perhaps even see our loved ones after they’ve died. Past practices were very different and, Claire Cock-Starkey argues, were more helpful for those grieving.
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Daniel Regan on using photography to manage emotions
Artist Daniel Regan manages his emotions and stays grounded through photography, allowing him to engage in the world around him.
Catalogue
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Physic in danger: being the complaint of the Company of Undertakers, against the Doctors T-, C-, and D-. Addressed to the College of Physicians: Containing remarks upon the pamphlets lately published by those three gentlemen.
Company of Undertakers (London, England)Date: [1746]- Books
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Les cimetières et crémation, étude historique et critique / par F. Martin.
Date: 1881- Pictures
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A man with closed eyes walking into a skeletal death figure, a group of anxious undertakers run after them. Coloured etching by R. Newton, 1794, after himself.
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798.Date: 20Reference: 11909i- Books
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Ueber Feuerbestattung : Vortrag gehalten am Abende des 13. Februars 1890, in Verbindung mit Experimenten und unter Vorweisung von kolorierten Bildern, im Naturwissenscaftlichen Vereine zu Mülhausen im Elsasse / von Friedrich Goppelsroeder.
Date: 1890- Books
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Les cimetières au point de vue de l’hygiène et de l’administration / par L. Bertoglio.
Date: 1889