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The healing power of the physic garden

Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.

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The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria

A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.

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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction

Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.

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A graveyard of plants for the people I love

Searching for her own ceremony to acknowledge the passing of her grandmother, Jennifer Neal turned to plants. The ritual she created was personal and loving, and celebrated life as well as acknowledging loss.

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  • Merlin's mechanical chair for the elderly or infirm: the design incorporates hand-cranks, wheels, gears and an adjustable back and footrest. Coloured etching with aquatint, 1811.
  • Sir Matthew Wood. Mezzotint by W. Dickinson, 1817, after Lady Bell.
  • Jesus appoints Peter as keeper of the keys to heaven; angels stand by. Engraving by G. Pasqualini after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • Dr. Hand's remedies for children : pleasant physic, colic cure, teething lotion, worm elixir, diarrhoea mixture, general tonic, cough and croup medicine, chafing powder.
  • Dr. Hand's remedies for children : pleasant physic, colic cure, teething lotion, worm elixir, diarrhoea mixture, general tonic, cough and croup medicine, chafing powder.
  • Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford. Mezzotint by J. R. Smith, 1801, after himself.
  • A clothed woman carrying a parasol and handbag moves a chair, turns and sits on it. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A clothed woman places her hands on a chair seat as she kneels on the ground. She places her hands together and rises to a standing position. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A clothed woman sitting in a wooden chair holds an open fan in her right hand, stands, bends to pick up a handkerchief from the ground and begins to straighten up again. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A day in the life of George, Prince Regent, 1814. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
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