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'O! awa wi sic sangs as aft hae been sung': Radical songwriting and the rethinking of Chartism
Chartist songs, and the movement’s culture more generally, have received growing scholarly attention in recent decades. This article uses a case study of the many Chartist songs written to the tune of Robert Burns’s ‘Scots ... -
On the Fringes of a Christian Kingdom: The White Fathers, Colonial Rule and the Báhêmbá in Sola, Northern Katanga, 1909-1960
This article charts the history of a White Fathers mission in a challenging rural milieu on the margins of the Christian ‘kingdom’ they established in southeastern Congo. It follows the Society from their arrival in the ... -
Ordidge, Roger: transcript of a video interview (15- and 16-Oct-2007)
(26/06/2017)Roger Ordidge was one of Mansfield’s post-doctoral students in the late 1970s. Mansfield’s EPI had been difficult to implement, and Ordidge’s initial work identified theoretical difficulties and practical modifications of ... -
Origins of Neonatal Intensive Care
(Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2000)Chaired by Professor Robert Boyd, this seminar reviewed the development and changes in care of the newborn in the UK over the past 50 years. Advances in techniques were described, such as mechanical ventilation, total ... -
Oxfam and the Problem of NGO Aid Appraisal in the 1960s
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Palliative Medicine in the UK c.1970-2010
(2013)Palliative medicine and the modern hospice movement developed in the UK from the late 1960s onwards. St Christopher’s Hospice, Sydenham, founded by Dame Cicely Saunders, opened in 1967 as the first modern hospice which ... -
Parry, Eldryd: transcript of a video interview (12-Jul-2016)
(08/03/2017)Interview with Professor Sir Eldryd Parry, conducted by Professor Tilli Tansey, for the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, 12 July 2016, in the School of History, Queen Mary University of London. Transcribed by ... -
Parry, Eldryd: transcript of an audio interview (12-Jul-2016)
(08/03/2017)Interview with Professor Sir Eldryd Parry, conducted by Professor Tilli Tansey, for the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, 12 July 2016, in the School of History, Queen Mary University of London. Transcribed by ... -
Pembrey, Marcus: transcript of a video interview (05-Feb-2016)
(01/06/2016)Interview with Professor Marcus Pembrey, conducted by Professor Tilli Tansey, for the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, 05 February 2016, in the School of History, Queen Mary University of London. Transcribed ... -
Peptic Ulcer: Rise and fall
(Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL., 2002)In May 2000, a distinguished group of scientists and clinicians came together in a one-day meeting to discuss the recent history of peptic ulcer, and its rise and fall. Chaired by Professor Roy Pounder from the Royal Free ... -
Perestroika of Life
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Petts, Judith: transcript of an audio interview (10-Dec-2015)
(08/12/2016)Interview with Professor Judith Petts, conducted by Ms Lynda Finn, for the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, 10 December 2015, in the University of Southampton. Transcribed by Mrs Debra Gee, and edited by ... -
Pharmacology & Drug Discovery
(2017-06-14)The History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group originated in 1990 as the Wellcome Trust’s History of Twentieth Century Medicine Group, which in October 2000 became a part of the Wellcome Trust’s Centre for the History ...