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New Insights Into Mortality Patterns of Early Modern Cities

Mortality Past and Present: John Graunt's Bills of Mortality - Introduction

An introduction to the conference marking the 350th anniversary of the...

The White Plague

The third lecture in the series deals with tuberculosis, of all...

The Great Pox

The sexually transmitted disease syphilis is generally thought to have been...

Acting on Evidence: How Medical Research has informed Historical Drama

John Powell is an experienced medical advisor on a range...

The Black Death

Bubonic plague first swept Europe in the age of Justinian, in...

Cary Grant: Hollywood's exquisite, charming enigma

To millions of moviegoers around the world Cary Grant epitomises...

Twenty-first Century Threats: Malaria

In 1955, the World Health Organization announced an ambitious plan...

Twenty-first Century Threats: Tuberculosis

This lecture is a part of the series Twenty-First Century...

The Lost Hospitals of London: Leprosaria

Today, any mention of the medieval leper conjures up alarming...