Stories
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Virtual reality and the fix of the future
Virtual reality, with its complex sensory tricks, takes us beyond the real world. Find out how these potentially addictive experiences can harm us – or might even have therapeutic uses.
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Graphic battles in pharmacy
James Morison’s campaign against the medical establishment inspired a wave of caricatures mocking his quack medicine.
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Doctors and the English seaside
Fashionable seaside towns in England owe much of their popularity to 18th-century doctors, who advised them to take the 'sea cure'.
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The power of unicorns
Discover the unlikely connection between pharmaceuticals and unicorns.
Catalogue
- Pictures
An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 12 February 1811Reference: 16984iPart of: Tegg's caricatures- Archives and manuscripts
Brentwood: History of blood transfusion: miscellaneous associational items
Date: mid-late 20th centuryReference: SA/HHC/D/5/4Part of: Harrison-Howell Blood Transfusion Collection- Archives and manuscripts
John Timlin's drawings
Date: Mid 20th century - late 20th centuryReference: PP/ADA/F/4Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)- Books
Caricatures and comments / Juanita Burnby.
Burnby, Juanita (Juanita G. L.)Date: [1989], ©1989- Books
La médecine en caricature / [Augustin Cabanés].
Cabanès, Augustin, 1862-1928.Date: [1924-1927]