Edinburgh lead poisoning
Your name:
Esther Godfrey
Entry:
When I was about six (so about 1978) my mother made a television film for a current affairs programme about the high levels of lead in the water in Edinburgh, where we lived - the lead poisoning wa
Towards a futorology of the object: Part 5 - Cluedo Card
Entry:
A Cluedo card for the Toy Car.
Toy Car as potential murder weapon, on the crime scene of the bus.
But the mystery remains unsolved.
Miniature Worlds 2 - The Twilight Zone
Entry:
“Miniature”, The Twilight Zone
Scrap Book Challenge
Entry:
On the bus Camilla Brueton led a workshop for kids in which they were asked to make a 'vehicle of the future'. Attached are two images of young people and their newly designed vehicles.
Ladybird book 1960's 'People at work' The Nurse
Your name:
Julie and Theo Brixey-Williams
Entry:
Insight into life on the children's ward in the 1960's ? Ladybird book 'People at Work' The Nurse
Lead poisoning son and pica: a mother's story
Your name:
Simone Severini
Entry:
Source: http://www.lead.org.au/q&a/2002/lead-poisoned-son.html
30th October 2002, California USA
Professor Alan Moncrieff and Lead Poisoning in Children
Entry:
Sir Alan Moncrieff (1901-1971) attended Caterham School from 1912 – 1918. He joined the staff of The Hospital for Sick Children as house physician in 1925.
Pica
Entry:
Pica is a medical disorder characterized by an appetite for non-nutritive substances. The condition's name comes from the Latin word for magpie, a bird which is reputed to eat almost anything.
Present day cases of childhood lead poisoning related to cars.
Entry:
Headline: ‘Lead dust in cars source of kids' poisoning’
Article: Some childhood lead poisonings in Maine last year came from an unusual source - lead dust tracked into the family car.
S.3. – S.5.
Entry:
Our object was found in the Pathology Collection between S.3. and S.5.
