Chancellor's Fellow in History, University of Strathclyde
A historian of science, technology and medicine at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, I am Co-PI on an AHRC-DFG funded project investigating the contested use of drugs in pregnancy and the risk of birth defects since thalidomide. My first book will reconstruct the remarkable transformation of pregnancy testing from an esoteric laboratory tool to a commonplace of everyday life.
Why Londoners in the blitz all wore face masks to prevent infection – unlike today's objectors
Jul 14, 2020 08:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
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