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Bleeding healthy Wellcome Collection

WEBSource: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). B leeding was thought to treat a myriad of conditions, including asthma, cancer, gout, …

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The friendly societies and healthcare Wellcome Collection

WEBFriendly societies were a way for like-minded people to form social networks and pool their resources to support each other in times of need. Their success also …

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Two health centres, two ideologies Wellcome Collection

WEBTwo health centres, two ideologies. The innovative designs for two 1930s health centres grew from separate principles, both serving city communities. Behind one …

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How to live well, the medieval way Wellcome Collection

WEB1 of 11. Medieval attitudes were shaped by the belief that the human body was composed of four humours: blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. To stay …

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Antimicrobial Resistance: Tackling a crisis for the health and …

WEB4 The Review on Antimicrobial Resistance, Chaired by Jim O’Neill 5 The Review on Antimicrobial Resistance, Chaired by Jim O’Neill Although in modern, well-funded …

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A history of art in hospitals Wellcome Collection

WEBIn Italy in the 15th century, hospital artwork began to reflect the medical and charitable duties these institutions performed. Domenico di Bartolo’s fresco, pictured …

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The history of sanatoriums and surveillance Wellcome Collection

WEBAt the heart of this approach was the belief that foul air caused tuberculosis. Despite Robert Koch’s discovery of the TB germ, Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 1882, …

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Health / edited by Bárbara Rodríguez Muñoz. Wellcome Collection

WEB<p>"Explores the ethical, aesthetic and political significance of practices, positions and theories connected to health in contemporary art. In an era of fitness programs, …

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A medical history of smoking, from cure to killer Wellcome …

WEBTobacco is a nightshade plant first introduced to Europe in the 16th century. The leaf had been widely used for centuries by the peoples of North and South America, …

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Sickening : anti-Black racism and health disparities in the United

WEB"An event-by-event look at how institutionalized racism harms the health of African Americans in the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher. "A crucial component of …

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How hip-hop can save your mental health Wellcome Collection

WEBI’ve also spoken with Dr Akeem Sule, a clinical psychiatrist, and Dr Becky Inkster, a neuroscientist, who make up HIP HOP PSYCH and together use hip-hop to …

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What Black women do when the NHS fails them Wellcome …

WEBSabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – in the NHS, and how women like her are turning away from the service. By using herbal …

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How your hairdresser could save your life Wellcome Collection

WEBHow your hairdresser could save your life. As well as tending to our vanity and personal grooming, hair stylists, colourists and barbers can detect potentially …

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The soul in the stomach Wellcome Collection

WEBThe soul in the stomach. How a 17th-century physician followed his ‘gut feeling’ and proposed a link between the emotions and the stomach, which seemingly …

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Definitions of health and illness in the light of American values and

WEBReprinted from: 'Patients, physicians and illness' / by E.C. Jaco. New York : Free Press, 1958, p. 165-187

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Thomas Sankara and the stomachs that made themselves heard

WEBO n 4 August 1983, the French colony of Upper Volta became Burkina Faso amid a coup d’état led by the Marxist-Leninist, Pan-African revolutionary Thomas …

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The side effects of lithium mining Wellcome Collection

WEBThe common environmental side effects of lithium mining are water loss, ground destabilisation, biodiversity loss, increased salinity of rivers, contaminated soil …

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Living with Buildings Wellcome Collection

WEBFeaturing works by Andreas Gursky, Rachel Whiteread and Martha Rosler, as well as buildings designed by Goldfinger, Lubetkin and Aalto, this exhibition examines …

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