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The poor child’s nurse
| Briony Hudson
Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.
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Drugs in Victorian Britain
| Louise Crane
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
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How shame makes us sick
| Lucia Osborne-CrowleyEduardo Rubio
The fight-or-flight response can have long-term consequences for our bodies if left unchecked. Lucia Osborne-Crowley investigates how shame and trauma are connected, and how both can lead to chronic ill health.
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Acid and the sexual psychonauts
| Alex DymockBen MechenLeah Moyle
How LSD fuelled one woman’s journey of sexual self-discovery in the late 1950s.
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Chemical highs and psychedelic research
| Kate WilkinsonLaurindo Feliciano
Could recreational drugs make you happy? Kate Wilkinson explores why keen clubber Simon believes taking psychedelics has helped him develop as a person.