Tag: Medicine 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 researchThe NHS at 70, part 2: publicising national healthFriday 6 July 2018Welcome back to this, the second of my short series of blogs celebrating the...Records and researchJourney’s End: the trenches’ impact on mental healthMonday 5 February 2018On Friday, a new film version of the well-known First World War play ‘Journey’s End’...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 researchDeath of Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin, 11 March 1955Wednesday 11 March 2015Sometimes myths grow up around a subject and become so well known that they obscure...