Medical advances in the second half of the twentieth century brought two great improvements to women’s lives: development of oral contraceptives (the pill) and Menopausal Hormonal Therapy (MHT also known as HRT or Hormone Replacement Therapy). The pill gave women freedom to choose whether or when to have children…
Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures
“World Health Day, celebrated on 7 April 2025, will kick off a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health. The campaign, titled Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures, will urge governments and the health community to ramp up efforts to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths, and…
Eating Disorders Can Affect Anyone
“Eating Disorders Can Affect Anyone” is the theme of this year’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW), taking place in the UK from Monday, 24 February to Sunday, 2 March 2025. EDAW is an annual campaign dedicated to raising awareness, challenging misconceptions, and advocating for…
On 3 December, we observe the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), an annual event established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1992 (Resolution 47/3). This important Day aims to raise awareness about the challenges faced by persons with disabilities while championing their dignity, rights, and wellbeing…
World Diabetes Day is marked annually on the 14th November
The organization DiABETES UK gives a very simple explanation of the nature and types of diabetes mellitus on their website, as part of the current campaign to raise awareness and reduce stigma: https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about-diabetes
Here…
Photo showing books displayed in the Library Reading Room with the bust of Richard Doll.
Start your journey with us!
Welcome to all new and returning students from Library, Archive & Open Research Services (or LAORS, for short)!
As you gear up for the new academic year, we’ve curated…
South Asian Heritage Month takes place every year ending on the anniversary of Partition of the Indian Sub-Continent on 17 August 1947 by which the Indian subcontinent was divided into India, West Pakistan (now Pakistan) and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
In the LSHTM Library there are numerous books about…
Tackling your summer projects can be daunting. The library is here to support you every step of the way. We currently have a new book display in the Reading Room at Keppel Street, focusing on several resources which can help you complete your Master’s dissertation with confidence.
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From the seventeenth century, women have played a small but significant role in exploring the world of insects by listing, drawing, and collecting them. Some women have also observed and recorded the extraordinary life histories of insects. Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1828-1901) did all this before becoming the first woman…
Today, we will take a quick look at Henry C. Burdett’s book Cottage Hospitals General, Fever, and Convalescent. This book is part of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Library’s historical collection and can be found under the Barnard Classification Scheme classmark of SYBH (Cottage Hospitals…
