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Happier mothers and healthier babies
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AIDS education for Deaf people
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Ugandan poster stressing correct diagnosis
Artwork by Julie Freeman and Jeremy J Ramsden
The physician who discovered the function of the heart
Discovering 'anticipation' in genetic disorders
Early visualisation of the famous double helix
Death at the nursery window
Early 19th century etching by Thomas Rowlandson
The Museum of London's Hedley Swain
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1970s health education drama about an overweight man
Mauro Perucchetti's chemical clone
Interactive showing the life cycle of the malaria parasite
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Site of the meat market and 12th Century priory hospital
Thomas Coram’s home for abandoned children
Carpet produced for the Festival of Britain
Poster giving advice on pregnancy and birth
A professional midwife talks about how we tell babies apart
Vicki Swinden discusses weight and self-image
Genetically engineered for research
Both street photograph and formal portrait
1960s film about childhood obesity
A magnificent wedding costume, but gloomy prospects
Simply but beautifully dressed
Western methods, imperial tradition
A grim parallel with Nazi Germany
What can you learn about your own DNA online?
The anatomy lecturer dissects a knee-joint
17th century Spanish painting of a woman as a skeleton
Instruction at St Dunstan's