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Hygeia Science Museum Group Collection

WebHygeia was the ancient Greek goddess of health. She gave her name to the philosophy of hygiene. The cult of Hygeia started in Athens in the 600s BCE, in connection with the cult …

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Hippocrates Science Museum Group Collection

WebHippocrates was a Greek philosopher and physician who has been called ‘the father of medicine’. He and his followers dismissed the idea that illness was simply caused or …

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Paracelsus Science Museum Group Collection

WebThe Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus was one of the most influential medical scientists in early modern Europe.,His real name was Theophrastus Aureolus …

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The Emergency Medical Service

WebThe Emergency Medical Service (EMS), also known as the Emergency Hospital Service (EHS), was a state-run network of free hospital services organised by the Ministry of …

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Sir Edwin Chadwick Science Museum Group Collection

WebEdwin Chadwick was born in Manchester in 1800. While studying to become a lawyer in London, Chadwick became interested in political and social reform. He became one of …

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Manuel Elkin Patarroyo Science Museum Group Collection

WebDeveloped the first anti-malaria vaccine against the Plasmodium falciparum parasite; director of Bogota Immunology instiute.,Dr. Patarroyo assigned the patent to the World …

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The Burden Neurological Institute

WebThe Burden Neurological Institute (BNI) is an independently-funded research unit and registered charity specialising in the investigation and treatment of neurological, …

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Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries

WebMedicine: The Wellcome Galleries. Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries will completely transform the first floor of the Science Museum, creating a magnificent new home for the …

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Margaret Sanger Science Museum Group Collection

WebMargaret Sanger was a nurse by training. She left the profession to lead the birth control movement in the United States in the early 20th century, and made a major contribution …

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'Battle Creek Health Builder', exercise machine, Michigan, United

WebBattle Creek Health Builder, Oscillo-Manipulator type MS-4, by the Sanatarium Equipment Co., Michigan, US, 1925-1935 This mechanical massaging machine stimulated the body …

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Francis Willis Science Museum Group Collection

WebFrancis Willis trained at Oxford as a clergyman. For most of his life he ran a small private asylum in the Lincolnshire countryside where he cared for men and women struggling …

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Audrey Smith Science Museum Group Collection

WebAudrey Ursula Smith was a British cryobiologist, who discovered the use of glycerol to protect human red blood cells during freezing.,In 1935, she graduated from King's …

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Ngetwa 3 herbal medicine Science Museum Group Collection

WebPacket of Ngetwa 3 herbal medicine for 'the treatment of many diseases', Kyela, Tanzania, 2005. ‘Ngetwa 3’ is a mass-produced herbal medicine consisting of 54 herbs local to the …

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Booklet for Rogers Vitalator High Frequency Treatment

WebMade: 1929-1939. part of archive: Trade literature from Ideal Home Electrical Appliances Ltd. Health Healing & Recovery by Means of Rogers Vitalator High Frequency …

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Government AIDS awareness leaflet

WebDon't die of ignorance' leaflet in original envelope, of the type distributed to all households in the UK as part of the Government information campaign on AIDS, issued by the DHSS, …

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'Women Beware of Man Made Medicine' Science Museum Group …

WebPoster entitled 'Women beware of Man made Medicine', published by the East London Health project, design by Loraine Leeson, 1970s. ‘Women beware of Man made …

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Janet Helen Shipton Science Museum Group Collection

Web(1923-2019), psychologist,Janet Helen Shipton (née Attlee) was born in 1923 to parents Clement Richard Attlee (1883-1967) and Violet Helen Millar (1895-1964). Her …

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Glass female urinal, Europe, 1701-1800 Science Museum Group …

WebGlass female urinal, Europe, 1701-1800. Glass female urinal, in the form of an erect penis and testicles, possibly 18th century. This is one of a pair of explicitly shaped female …

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