Stories
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When monarchs healed the sick
Our current Queen fortunately doesn’t have to spend hours laying hands on the sick to cure them. But it was a different story for monarchs of the early modern era, whose touch was a sought-after treatment for scrofula.
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Female masturbation and the perils of pleasure
Dr Kate Lister exposes the brutal 19th-century ‘cures’ for women who indulged in masturbation.
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The meanings of hurt
In the early modern period, gruesome incidents of self-castration and other types of self-injury garnished the literature of the time. Alanna Skuse explores the messages these wounds conveyed.
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Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
Catalogue
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Browne, John H
Date: 22 May 1936Reference: HALDANE/5/1/1/89Part of: Haldane Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Grandparents (paternal): John Browne and Louisa Browne
Date: 1837-1922Reference: WTI/SGB/A.25/3Part of: Browne, Stanley George, CMG, OBE, MD, FRCS, FRCP, DTM (1907-1986)- Books
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[John Browne correspondence].
Browne, John, 1707-1762.Date: 2008-- Digital Images
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John Browne, Adenochoiradelogia, 1684
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Portrait of John Browne, aged '42'
Robert White