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Between Ambon and Amsterdam
During the summer of 2001 the publicist and journalist Herman Keppy discovered two steamer trunks in a fully stacked room in the Dutch town of Alkmaar. The trunks contained the photo collection and... [Image gallery]
Leerdam Glass Factory
For Dutch people the glass industry in Leerdam is very well known, but strangely enough the knowledge about the history of this industry is only meagre. About 1.5 metres of papers relating to the... [Collection highlight]
Afscheid van Suriname in 's Lands Hospitaal
Afscheidsfoto gemaakt in 's Lands Hospitaal (Paramaribo) in februari 1957 van de eerste door het psychiatrisch ziekenhuis Maasoord in Poortugaal geworven groep leerling-verpleegsters. Van links naar... [Collection item]
Cheap Residential Care for Medieval Pensioners
Residential care for the medieval pensioner was relatively cheap. This is the conclusion of a lively and instructive research article from Jaco Zuijderduijn in the latest issue of TSEG (vol. 12... [News]
Genes, Germs, Resources, and HSN
Historical Sample of the Netherlands (HSN) will build two datasets for the grand research project Genes, Germs and Resources. This project proposes to study the phenomenon of familial influences on... [News]
Medication for Vegetarians
“When, as a doctor, I am called in to help a vegetarian patient suffering from typhus, pneumonia or even smallpox, I am not afraid that he will die. In all cases of acute disease, it is my principle... [Item of the Day]
Vaccination Against Smallpox
James Phipps, the son of a poor agrarian worker, was the first person to be inoculated against smallpox by Dr Jenner, the inventor of vaccination.Jenner used a small amount of fluid harvested from... [Item of the Day]
Asbestos Dangerous to Life
Asbestos dust had been recognized as responsible for causing pneumoconiosis in the 1930s, while scientific consensus on its carcinogenic nature emerged in the late 1960s. On 1 July 1978, the Dutch... [Item of the Day]
Bonus for Ship's Surgeon
The Ticonderoga, a clipper carrying 646 Scottish and Irish emigrants, arrived in Melbourne, Australia on 22 December 1852. On this horrifc voyage, 100 emigrants were buried at sea and another 68 died... [Item of the Day]
Healthy Country Air
The first open air schools in Holland arose in the vicinity of sanatoria and health institutes for children recovering of tuberculosis. The 'First Dutch Open Air School' dates from 1913 and was... [Item of the Day]

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