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NHS Blue: the colour of universal healthcare

The 1980s and 1990s saw ideas from the world of business infiltrating the NHS, including the introduction of an internal market, followed by a corporate branding exercise.

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A history of mindfulness

Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.

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The hidden history of homesickness

Gail Tolley delves into the history of homesickness and discovers that its rich past holds a clue to how we view the experience today.

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Fantastic beasts and unnatural history

Find out how a 17th-century compendium of the natural world came to present fantastical beasts –like dragons – as real, living creatures.

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  • Universities and their sons : history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees / editor-in-chief, General Joshua L. Chamberlain ; introduction by W.T. Harris.
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore: the Institute for the History of Medicine under construction. Photograph, 1928.
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore: the Institute for the History of Medicine: staff standing outside. Colour photograph, 1947.
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore: the Institute for the History of Medicine: staff standing on the steps. Photograph, 1961.
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore: the Institute for the History of Medicine: staff: group portrait. Photograph by Eduard Althausen, ca. 1947.
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore: Arturo Castiglioni with staff of the Institute for the History of Medicine. Photograph by Eduard Althausen, ca. 1928.
  • Athenae Oxonienses. An exact history of all the writers and bishops who have had their education in the University of Oxford. To which are added the Fasti, or annals of the said university / By Anthony à Wood.
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore: the Institute for the History of Medicine: staff (?) seated around a large table. Photograph by Eduard Althausen, ca. 1947.
  • A new and universal history, description and survey of the cities of London and Westminister, the borough of Southwark and their adjacent parts / [Walter Harrison].
  • A new and universal history, description and survey of the cities of London and Westminister, the borough of Southwark and their adjacent parts / [Walter Harrison].
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