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Health

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard and Lothian Lesbian Line Annual Report and Accounts, 1995 - 1997

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Identifier: GD61/3/7
Scope and Contents The Annual Report and Accounts contains registration information, information on the helplines operated by the company, and lists of the Trustees (of the former Trust) and Directors (of the present company). The report for 1995-1996 discusses the following: the creation of a development plan; the requirement for future accommodation and the options available; the importance of Switchboard highlighted by Gay Men's Health's Needs' Assessment; the receipt of hate mail and the...
Dates: 1995 - 1997

Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard Annual Report and Accounts, 1998 - 1999

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Identifier: GD61/3/9
Scope and Contents The Annual Report and Accounts outlines the aims and purposes of LGLS including the service they provide, their volunteer programme, the organisational structure, and access to the service.A Chairperson’s report is included which discusses the following: 25 years of Switchboard; the establishment of three committees (Corporate Services and Public Relations, Finance and Planning, and Education and Team Development); the need for improved accommodations and access facilities;...
Dates: 1998 - 1999

Nature Cure Book List, 1940

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/4/1/19
Scope and Contents

A leaflet titled "The Nature Cure Book List, including a message of hope for sufferers from Angina Pectoris and other heart conditions". The leaflet contains transcripts of those who have benefited from homeopathy and a list of of publications for recommended reading.

Dates: 1940

Nature Cure, It's Meaning and Scope, 1940

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/4/1/29
Scope and Contents

A description of the Nature Cure from the Nature Cure Association. The pamphlet encourages the reader to subscribe and gives details of what the nature cure is, "a way of looking at life, health and disease"

This pamphlet was published by the Nature Cure Association.

Dates: 1940

Plain Facts on Nature's Healing Powers, 1937

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/4/1/18
Scope and Contents

A pamphlet "Plain Facts on Nature's Fealing Powers, "Bottled Sunshine"", by Rev. R. Elgar Willis, details the benefits of a holistic approach to health, and contains case studies of those who have benefited from the use of natural remedies, chiropractics, and osteopathy.

This is the third edition of the publication, reprinted December 1937 by Smiths Suitall, Ipswich

Dates: 1937

Reports, 1981 - 2008

 Sub-Series
Identifier: GD61/11/1
Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains publications from external organisations on LGBTQ+ issues. These include reports from the Scottish Government, health boards and charitable bodies on subjects including sexual health, hate crimes, civil partnership, LGBTQ+ health, and policing.

Dates: 1981 - 2008

Res.4.17 Male resident, 36 yrs, married, corporation tenant, male interviewer, 8 October 1961

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/4/17
Scope and Contents INTVEE grew up on a farm before moving with his family to Wardieburn at the age on nine. He left school at 14 and had various jobs in cinemas and at the North British Rubber Works. At 18 he joined the navy. He spent seven days leave in Philadelphia and remembers going round Gimball Brothers' Store which had one whole floor laid out with electric trains, twice the size of Woolworths in Princes Street. He now works at the Wireworks, he likes the job but not the people, his truck turned over...
Dates: Other: 8 October 1961

The Extraordinary Story of the Tait Bequest, 1941

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/4/1/25
Scope and Contents

A pamphlet containing information and opinions on "The Tait Bequest", a bequest in which £30,000 left for the Nature Cure is being disputed. The letters have largely been reprinted from The Kingston Cronical for September and October 1941. This leaflet was published by the Kingston Clinic, Edinburgh.

Dates: 1941

This Nature Cure, 1934

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/4/1/20
Scope and Contents

A pamphlet, "The Nature Cure", which was a statement prepared and published by the Naturopathic Council, which recommends dietetics, hydrotherapy, air and light baths, manipulative treatment, remedial exercises, and no medicines to cure acute diseases. The pamphlet contains an advertisement for The Kingston Clinic, Edinburgh.

Dates: 1934

University of Edinburgh Papers, 1967-1978

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1966-5
Scope and Contents

Papers relating to John Spencer's time as Professor of Social Administration at the University of Edinburgh and as Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto.

Dates: 1967-1978