Context: The photo was part of a set of late 19th century magic lantern (slide projector) images depicting staged scenes from ...

However, others lagged behind. The late 19th century had seen great strides in public health provision and hygiene. However, there was still a lot of ill health. In 1900, average life expectancy ...

During the 19th century, the idea that the individual was responsible for their own health was widely accepted. Under this approach, politicians believed that the state only had limited ...

A trained pharmaceutical chemist, Lilly was an archetype of the dynamic and multi-talented 19th century American industrialist ... After the war, the arrival of social healthcare systems such ...