Stories
- Book extract
Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
- Article
Heating up and drying out
Menopause doesn’t have to signify old age, but when your body feels like it’s letting you down, it’s hard not to believe that your useful life may be over.
- Article
How depression ruined my relationship with sleep
One reaction to depression is a craving for sleep, creating a dependence that can provoke guilt and anxiety. Emerging from “five blurry years”, one writer tracks her steps to better health.
- Long read
The ambivalence of air
Daisy Lafarge investigates the effects of air quality and pressure on body and mind, exploring air as cure, but one with contradictions.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Genetic and Physiological Effects of the Decay of Incorporated Radioactive Phosphorus in Bacterial Viruses and Bacteria - G.S. Stent
Date: c.1960Reference: SB/11/6/16Part of: Sydney Brenner Collection- Books
- Online
On the effect of electrical stimulation of the frog's heart, and its modification by heat, cold, and the action of drugs / by T. Lauder Brunton and Theodore Cash.
Brunton, Thomas Lauder, Sir, 1844-1916.Date: 1883- Archives and manuscripts
Allen - Angelis
Date: 1942-1983Reference: PP/MLV/C/1/3/7-14Part of: Vogt, Dr Marthe Louise (1903-2003)- Pictures
Fifteen vignettes relating to child care, domestic medicine, effects of alcohol and eating. Etching by G. Cruikshank after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Reference: 17758i- Videos
Nystagmus and vestibular function.
Date: Date unknown