Tag Archives: History of medicine
Sizing up the female body
On the subject of health beliefs and prejudices, I’ve been looking at research showing that women who drink alcohol may be less at risk of becoming overweight. Being a woman who enjoys the occasional half of real ale, my initial response was an insightful ‘Ha! That’s because we’re out enjoying ourselves instead of sitting at […]
All welcome at the Wellcome Library
Did you know anyone can become a member of the Wellcome Library, one of the world’s great medical history collections? And better still, it’s free to join? I had a tour of the library last week as part of my History of the Human Body course. I was blown away by the scope and extent of […]