Stories
- Article
The anatomy of a brain dissection
Dissecting the brain after death not only helps confirm a diagnosis, but it can also teach us so much more about the symptoms and causes of brain diseases and how to treat them.
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Rethinking the placebo effect
The placebo effect has long been harnessed for both legitimate and fraudulent use, but we’re only just discovering how and why our bodies respond positively to dummy drugs, as Anjuli Sharma reveals.
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A story of death, trauma and austerity
Marienna Pope-Weidemann, whose teenage cousin Gaia died after going missing, advocates a rethink of our systems, which currently fail many in mental distress.
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The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Central Stimulants
Vane, Sir John, FRS (1927-2004), PharmacologistDate: 1955-1973Reference: PP/JRV/E/13Part of: Vane, Sir John Robert (1927-2004)- Archives and manuscripts
(a) Drug dependence and the central nervous system stimulants (b) The treatment of heroin 'emergencies'
Date: 1968Reference: GC/201/C/1Part of: Godber, Sir George- Books
Abuse of central stimulants : Symposium arranged by the Swedish Committee on International Health Relations, Stockholm, November 25-27, 1968 / edited by Folke Sjöqvist and Malcolm Tottie.
Symposium on Abuse of Central Stimulants (1968 : Stockholm, Sweden)Date: 1969- Books
Voice use and stimulants / by Lennox Browne.
Browne, Lennox (Isaac Lennox), 1841-1902.Date: 1885- Books
Stimulants and narcotics, their mutual relations : with special researches on the action of alcohol, aether, and chloroform on the vital organism / by Francis E. Anstie.
Anstie, Francis Edmund, 1833-1874.Date: 1864