Stories
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The father of handwashing
Doctors performing autopsies and then delivering babies – with not a hint of soap in between – was the grim recipe producing a lot of motherless offspring in the 1800s. But one man’s gargantuan efforts to upend accepted medical thinking turned the tide.
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Rediscovering Margaret Louden, a forgotten NHS hero
Bored during lockdown, David Jesudason started bin diving at night. Then a chance discovery set him on a new path: to tell the story of a forgotten female surgeon.
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What our facial hair says about us
Five bearded and moustachioed men choose five hirsute archive images to help them reflect on the way facial hair is linked with personality and identity.
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“Disability is never an individual diagnosis”
As a 35-year-old man, I am sure that my fear of getting old is not uncommon. But for me, that fear goes deeper. I have spina bifida.
Catalogue
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Young, David R.
Date: 1996Reference: JDW/2/2/2048Part of: James D. Watson Collection- Books
The discovery of evolution / David Young.
Young, David, 1942 February 25-Date: 2007- Books
The discovery of evolution / David Young.
Young, David, 1942 February 25-Date: 1992- Digital Images
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Mr. Young describing his search for David Livingstone.
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The Dutchess County farmer's almanac, for ... 1826 / [David Young].
Young, David, Philomath.Date: [1825]