Stories
- Article
We need less ‘sickle cell warriors’ and more allies
Rejecting the epithet “warrior”, Cheryl Telfer describes the pervasive effect sickle cell disease has on her life, and calls for more people to donate blood to help sicklers.
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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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Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high
The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Careers information
Date: 1973 - 1983Reference: SA/BIO/C/7/1Part of: The Biochemical Society- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Statements on Candidates for a Harvard Fellowship
Date: Nov 1952 - Dec 1952Reference: HALDANE/3/1/1/7/22Part of: Haldane Papers- Archives and manuscripts
University and hospital buildings
Date: c.1980 - c.1990Reference: SA/BIO/M/2/10Part of: The Biochemical Society- Books
The life and times of Sir Edwin Chadwick, 1800-1890 : catalogue of an exhibition held at University College London, 1 March - 10 April 1990.
Date: 1990- Archives and manuscripts
University buildings
Date: c.1970 - c.1990Reference: SA/BIO/M/2/9Part of: The Biochemical Society