Stories
- Article
How your hairdresser could save your life
Barbers and hairdressers have a unique view of us – one that means they can spot potentially dangerous health problems. Find out how buzzcuts can lead to blood-pressure checks, and dip-dyes show the way to the dermatologist.
- Long read
Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
Catalogue
- Books
Wigan Dispensary / Geoff Yaffe.
Yaffe, Geoff.Date: 1981- Archives and manuscripts
Wigan
Date: 1962-1973Reference: SA/MSS/C/218Part of: Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland- Books
Warrington Academy, 1757-86 : its predecessors and successors / by P. O'Brien.
O'Brien, P.Date: 1989- Books
- Online
The narrative of the Honourable John Byron, (commodore in a late expedition round the world) containing an account of the great distresses suffered by himself and his companions on the coasts of Patagonia, From the Year 1740, till their Arrival in England, 1746. With a description of St. Jago de Chili, And the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Also a relation of the loss of the Wager man of war, One of Admiral Anson's Squadron. Written by himself.
Byron, John, 1723-1786.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Archives and manuscripts
England: Reports on District Nursing
Date: 1928-1930 and 1948-1954Reference: SA/QNI/T.1/71Part of: Queen's Nursing Institute