4 results
- Article
- Article
Mask, ritual and fertility
| Chimwemwe PhiriSteven Pocock
Today many of us learn about fertility, conception and pregnancy online. But that wasn’t always the way. Discover how masks and rituals played an important educational role.
- Article
- Article
Diagnosing the past
| Joanne Edge
Historical texts rarely supply enough detail for a definitive diagnosis, so medical historians need to proceed with caution.
- Interview
- Interview
Inside the minds of Teeth’s two curators, James Peto and Emily Scott-Dearing
| Gwendolyn Smith
James Peto and Emily Scott-Dearing talk visceral reactions, their interactions and object extractions.
- Book extract
- Book extract
Tracing the roots of our fears and fixations
| Kate SummerscaleTim Robinson
Kate Summerscale explores the history of our anxieties and compulsions, and the new phobias and manias that are always emerging.