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Sex and syphilis
| Dr Kate Lister
Before antibiotics, syphilis unleashed centuries of misery, countered by desperate but largely useless remedies. With the spread of syphilis on the rise, it’s worth remembering what our forebears suffered.
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What is hysteria?
| Sarah Jaffray
Hysteria has long been associated with fanciful myths, but its history reveals how it has been used to control women’s behaviour and bodies