Tag: Health Records and researchResearching the birth of the first domestic violence refugeWednesday 20 March 2024Read a researcher's journey exploring the first few years of Chiswick Women's Aid....Records and researchOrgan Box: A campaign to promote organ donation in South Asian communitiesMonday 10 July 2023‘The message is the same to all – carry a donor card and tell...Archives and archivistsConnecting through Collections: Dementia activists meet the new generationWednesday 19 May 2021Dementia, which affects many of us during our lifetime, is a subject clouded by...Records and researchComputing Cholera: Topic modelling the catalogue entries of the General Board of HealthTuesday 2 June 2020The 19th century saw a number of global cholera pandemics, beginning in India and...Records and researchLady in the Archives: The life of Florence Nightingale (part two)Thursday 14 May 2020Florence Nightingale, famous for her work as a nurse and social reformer, was born...Records and researchLady in the Archives: The life of Florence Nightingale (part one)Tuesday 12 May 2020Florence Nightingale, famous for her work as a nurse and social reformer, was born...Records and researchThalidomide: Limb-fitting centresMonday 9 December 2019Thalidomide was one of the worst man-made medical disasters in history and had far-reaching...UncategorizedThe NHS at 70, part 1: ‘Here is our chance to do something big’Thursday 5 July 2018Today (5 July) marks the 70th anniversary of ‘the appointed day’, 5 July 1948, when...Records and researchThe question of pensions for venereal diseaseMonday 12 June 2017What of men who could no longer work, or whose syphilis had caused other...Records and researchTemptation of troopsWednesday 31 May 2017Venereal disease (VD) was an issue for the forces during the First World War,...Records and researchProtecting health: Venereal Disease Act 1917Friday 26 May 2017Find out how the government tried to ensure that people with venereal disease went...Records and researchA glimpse into mental health historyFriday 30 January 2015After a week of interesting events I am here to wrap up Diversity week... 1 2 »