Stories
- Article
Remote romance and the common cold
Getting creatively romantic due to a virus sounds all too contemporary, but our archives show what socially distanced seduction looked like seven decades ago.
- Book extract
Inside the Cold War mind
Martin Sixsmith explores the competing national psyches of Russia and America, and a world divided between their irreconcilable visions of human nature.
- Article
The ‘epileptic’ in art and science
From scarred outsiders in literature to the cold voyeurism of medical films and photography, people who experience seizures and epilepsy are rarely shown in a compassionate light in popular culture.
- Article
Black pepper to fuel fiery fights and cure haemorrhoids
This common condiment was once very valuable and, until surprisingly recently, used as a versatile medicine.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Common Cold Unit
Date: 1914-2000Reference: PP/TYR/APart of: Tyrrell, David (1925-2005)- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Common Cold (Topic)
Date: 1962Reference: JDW/2/2/373Part of: James D. Watson Collection- Archives and manuscripts
'Common Cold & Influenza'
Date: 1932-1933Reference: GC/168/C/3Part of: Andrewes, Sir Christopher Howard- Archives and manuscripts
History of the Common Cold publication
Date: 1943-2000Reference: PP/TYR/A/1/4Part of: Tyrrell, David (1925-2005)- Archives and manuscripts
Drafts of "The Common Cold" for The Practitioner
Date: 1962-1966Reference: PP/TYR/A/1/3/5Part of: Tyrrell, David (1925-2005)