Medicine through the Ages

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This illustrated compilation, prepared to mark the national Archive Awareness Campaign "Discovery - Archives in Science, Technology and Medicine", presents a selection of Cumbrian sources taken from the collections of Cumbria Archive Centres in Barrow, Carlisle, Kendal and Whitehaven.

The archives we care for are a treasure trove of sources for the study of the history of our local area and in this selection we hope to bring alive the subject of 'medicine' across the ages.   We hope to inspire you to find out more!

Please click on the links below to open the individual sections of the compilation (PDFs).

• Home cures - 'heal thyself'
• Chemist cures - the Victorian pharmacy
• The fight against disease - Plague (16th cent)
• The fight against disease - Cholera (19th cent)
• The fight against disease - Living conditions (19th -20th cents)
• The fight against disease - Smallpox (18th -20th cents)
• Evolution of medical practice - Doctors and nurses
• Evolution of medical practice - Development of local hospitals