Search results found for: health Records and research‘To share in his fate’: petitioning to join those transported overseasTuesday 16 February 2016We explore petitions from women who wanted to join their husbands in exile…...Behind the scenesResearchers of the futureFriday 12 February 2016In a high pressure environment of targets and deadlines, there is a fear that...Records and researchThe Military Service Act 1916: appeals against conscriptionTuesday 26 January 2016The Military Service Act introduced compulsory military service in 1916 - but those faced...Archives and archivistsThe art of medical and surgical illustrationThursday 14 January 2016Carianne Whitworth interviews author and medical historian Richard Barnett about bodies, the relationship between...Records and researchDear diary, with Christmas wishes in wartimeWednesday 23 December 2015Christmas is fast approaching; excitement is building as food and last-minute presents are bought....Records and researchNational Registration – what happened next?Monday 2 November 2015On the night of 29 September 1939 details of civilians in England and Wales...Records and researchSt. Dunstan’s Hostel for Blind Soldiers and SailorsThursday 15 October 2015In a series of blog posts on medical technology in the First World War, we’ve attempted...Records and researchNational registration day: 29 September 1939Tuesday 29 September 2015On 29 September 1939 the National Register was taken throughout the UK, Isle of...Records and researchRemembering the City of Benares tragedyThursday 17 September 2015A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog on the torpedoing of passenger...Records and research‘A floating Hell’: life on early 19th century convict hulksTuesday 1 September 2015Over the last few months I have introduced some of the convicts we have...Records and researchHow three men saved countless lives: blood transfusion in the First World WarThursday 20 August 2015If we are in an accident or have an operation and lose blood, we...Records and researchCuts and custody: belief and punishmentTuesday 14 July 2015Cutting the hair of those in prison custody is an act which was long... « 1 … 14 15 16 17 18 … 22 »