Stories
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On nature cures and taking the waters
When chilly outdoor swims began to chip away at her depression, Jessica J Lee was drawn to a closer study of the complex natural world around her.
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Love, longing and tea from the polski sklep
For people of Polish origin in the UK, herbal tea is closely tied to health and shared history. Kasia Tomasiewicz explores her changing relationship to these tea-related cultural habits.
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How can I stop fainting?
Fed up with the faints that bolstered her fragile young snowflake image, Gwen Smith sought expert medical help to keep her upright in trying situations.
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Surviving the storm of postnatal depression
Emma Jane Unsworth lays bare the despair of postnatal depression and shares her route to recovery.
Catalogue
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M0000823: Five silver Inca drinking cups, c.1524
Date: 26 July 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/8/12Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
Specialised drinking cups for disabled people : an assessment of drinking equipment (cups and straws) for people with problems gripping or holding a cup still and those who have to drink lying down / prepared by the Department of Health and the Central Office of Information.
Date: 1989- Pictures
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Five ornate German drinking vessels. Engraving by F. Fairholt, 19th century, after himself.
Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866.Reference: 25769i- Pictures
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Black Greek drinking cups; left, shallow cup with horizontal handles; middle, tall cup with horizontal handles (kotyle); right, cup with vertical handles. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.Date: 1760-1769Reference: 565411iPart of: Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769.- Pictures
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Illustrations and text explaining how AIDS cannot be transmitted from sharing clothes, drinking cups etc.; one of a series of educational posters issued by the Committed Communities Development Trust in Mumbai. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
Date: [1997?]Reference: 677331i