Stories
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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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The ‘undesirable epileptic’
Abused in her marriage for being 'a sick woman', Aparna Nair looked to history to make sense of the response to her epilepsy. She discovered how centuries of fear and discrimination were often endorsed by science and legislation.
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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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Photographs as evidence of gender identity and sexuality
Intriguing photographs from sexologists’ archives suggest they could have helped people explore their gender identity and sexuality.
Catalogue
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Sanitätsrat Dr. Karl Adolf von Basedow (28.3.1799-14.4.1854) : Kreisphysikus von Merseburg / Herbert Broghammer.
Broghammer, Herbert.Date: 2000- Archives and manuscripts
Bunsen, Robert (1811-1899), German chemist
Bunsen, R. (Robert), 1811-1899Date: 19th centuryReference: MS.8802- Books
From pathology to public sphere : the German deaf movement, 1848-1914 / Ylva Söderfeldt.
Söderfeldt, Ylva.Date: [2013]- Books
Justinus Kerner, 1786-1862 : Arzt - Poet - Geisterseher, nebst Anmerkungen zum Uhland-Kerner-Kreis und zur Medizin- und Geistesgeschichte im Zeitalter der Romantik / Otto-Joachim Grüsser.
Grüsser, Otto-Joachim.Date: 1987- Books
Ludwig Meyer (1827-1900) - Leben und Werk : ein Vertreter der deutschen Psychiatrie auf ihrem Weg zur medizinisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Fachdisziplin / von Elisabeth Burkhart.
Burkhart, Elisabeth.Date: 1991