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Weekly Photo Challenge: Possibilities

To open up the Museum of Health Care’s artefact collection we are participating in WordPress’ Weekly Photo Challenge. Based on WordPress’ randomly chosen themes, we’ll offer a serendipitous peek into our collection. Check in each week for a new curiosity.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Comfort

To open up the Museum of Health Care’s artefact collection we are participating in WordPress’ Weekly Photo Challenge. Based on WordPress’ randomly chosen themes, we’ll offer a serendipitous peek into our collection. Check in each week for a new curiosity.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Sunset

To open up the Museum of Health Care’s artefact collection we are participating in WordPress’ Weekly Photo Challenge. Based on WordPress’ randomly chosen themes, we’ll offer a serendipitous peek into our collection. Check in each week for a new curiosity.

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History of Health Care: Vaccination

Vaccination as a deliberate attempt to protect humans against disease has a short history. In spite of this, vaccination has had a major effect on the reduction of mortality and length of life.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Fall

To open up the Museum of Health Care’s artefact collection we are participating in WordPress’ Weekly Photo Challenge. Based on WordPress’ randomly chosen themes, we’ll offer a serendipitous peek into our collection. Check in each week for a new curiosity.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Faces

To open up the Museum of Health Care's artefact collection we are participating in WordPress' Weekly Photo Challenge. Based on WordPress' randomly chosen themes, we'll offer a serendipitous peek into our collection. Check in each week for a new curiosity.

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History of Health: Why is it important?

Jane and John Smith born in Kingston in 1810 and 1812, respectively, had a life expectancy of forty years. Jane and John Jones born in Kingston in 2009 and 2011, respectively, look forward to a life expectancy of eighty years. What accounts for this striking difference?

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Family Activity Packs: free fun without an appointment

Throughout my summer working at the Museum of Health Care, I have developed a set of Family Activity Packs. My intention with this project was to create free, age-appropriate experiences for families who casually visit the Museum.

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Kingston Museums Summer Staff Round Robin

For the third year in a row, members of the Kingston Association of Museums, Galleries and Historic Sites were invited to participate in a Round Robin Professional Development day.

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A Brief History of Isolation and Infectious Disease

Contagious disease has challenged society throughout human history. Quarantine and isolation was practiced in response to the pandemics of bubonic plague and cholera, beginning in the Middle Ages.In the 18th and 19th centuries, smallpox led to smallpox hospitals in some large urban communities.

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