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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
| Stevyn Colgan
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
- Long read
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
| Guy StaggJess Nash
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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Nymphomania and hypersexuality in women and men
| Taryn Cain
The history of nymphomania is closely bound with society's views on women and their sexuality.
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Diagnosing the past
| Joanne Edge
Historical texts rarely supply enough detail for a definitive diagnosis, so medical historians need to proceed with caution.
- Long read
- Long read
Our complicated love affair with light
| Lauren ColleeSteven Pocock
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.