Scanning Scanty Moustaches: some medical theses from the turn of the century A large proportion of the earliest thesis we have digitised from the turn of the century are medical thesis. However, they little resemble the modern medical thesis being produced today. …Continue reading →

The women behind the words: thanking the typists of the twentieth century Digitising this thesis collection is an act of time travel. We began in May at the early twentieth century and are currently working through the seventies. We have enjoyed images …Continue reading →

Blood Cells and Blizzards in Antarctica TAGS: Adventure | digitisation | history | science | Thesis digitisation project | Travel writing When I picked up a thesis entitled ‘Eosinphils and Stress’ I did not expect to read sentences like the following; ‘The word “Antarctic” has always been associated with cold, death …Continue reading →