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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians

Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.

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Intelligence testing, race and eugenics

Specious ideas and assumptions about intelligence that were born during the great flourishing of eugenics well over 100 years ago still inform the British education system today, as Nazlin Bhimani reveals.

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The hell of hay fever

After years suffering in silence, David Jesudason finds speaking out about his pollen allergy gives him hope for a future where his hay-fever symptoms are under control.

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A symbol of a lost homeland

The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.

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  • Merchant Tailors' School, Suffolk Lane, London: facade. Etching by Sheppard, 1815, after himself.
  • An account of the Veterinary College, from its institution in 1791 / [Compiled by W. Mounsher, possibly assisted by G. Penn].
  • Licensed victuallers' school, Kennington, London. Engraving.
  • University College Hospital, London: railings from the operating theatre re-erected in a garden. Photograph.
  • 4 George Street, London, and neighbouring buildings, subsequently 169-173 Gower Street, including in the centre the home of the University Dispensary 1828-1834. Photograph, 1960.
  • University College Hospital, London: the outpatients' waiting room and dispensary. Wood engraving, 1872.
  • University College Hospital, London: the outpatients' waiting room and dispensary. Wood engraving, 1872.
  • 4 George Street, London, subsequently 171 Gower Street, the home of the University Dispensary 1828-1834. Photograph, 1960.
  • Dissection of the left groin of a standing man. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1851.
  • Dissection of the trunk of a standing man. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1851.
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