Stories
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When self-deception becomes global hoax
Being deceived isn’t always a case of believing someone else’s lie. Experiments have shown that many of us can be manipulated into accepting our own fictions as true.
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It’s getting mighty crowded
Mid-20th-century population-density research on mice produced a whiskered apocalypse, predicted to become the fate of humans too. But perhaps a more compassionate approach could fend this off.
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
Catalogue
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Oil acne in a male patient: detail sketch of elbow and arm. Watercolour by Barbara E. Nicholson, 1951.
Nicholson, BarbaraDate: 1951Reference: 34001iPart of: Barbara Nicholson medical illustration collection.- Pictures
Inflammation of the arm of a fifteen year old girl with a cold allergy. Watercolour by Barbara E. Nicholson, 1946.
Nicholson, BarbaraDate: 1946Reference: 31308iPart of: Barbara Nicholson medical illustration collection.- Pictures
Scarring due to adrenaline injections in a female patient with bronchial asthma: sketches of pitted arm and thigh. Watercolour by Barbara E. Nicholson, 1952.
Nicholson, BarbaraDate: 1952Reference: 34434iPart of: Barbara Nicholson medical illustration collection.- Pictures
Allergic reaction caused by tuberculosis in a female patient: view of right arm showing brownish tuberculide rash. Watercolour by Barbara E. Nicholson, 1956.
Nicholson, BarbaraDate: 1956Reference: 35551iPart of: Barbara Nicholson medical illustration collection.
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Malformation of arm / by Allen Sturge.
Sturge, William Allen, 1850-1919.Date: 1880