Tag: Medical Records and researchPrisoners of war and the Guinea Pig ClubTuesday 25 September 2018As a volunteer Friend of The National Archives I have been assisting on the...Records and researchResearching Colonial Office correspondence: plague in Gold CoastMonday 26 March 2018Researching Colonial Office records can be a slightly daunting prospect as the catalogue detail tends...Records and researchRichmond Park’s South African military hospitalTuesday 3 October 2017In August 1914, the Union of South Africa joined Britain and its allies in...Records and researchThe wartime origins of plastic surgeryFriday 25 August 2017The First World War encouraged the development of a separate medical speciality treating all...Records and researchThe problems with mustard gasFriday 4 August 2017With the arrival of mustard gas in July 1917, the medical services faced a...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 revolution in treatment: the Thomas splintThursday 1 December 2016Ever since seeing a demonstration of how to use it, in a reconstruction of...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 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 researchSeeking protection from gas warfare in 1915Wednesday 16 September 2015‘Complexion here was an ashed blueish grey, the expression most anxious and distressed with... 1 2 »