Stories
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Cocaine, the Victorian wonder drug
Today, cocaine has a very poor public image as one of the causes of crime and violence. But for the Victorians it was welcomed as the saviour of modern surgery.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
- Long read
Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
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Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
Catalogue
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Generic : the unbranding of modern medicine / Jeremy A. Greene.
Greene, Jeremy A., 1974-Date: 2014- Books
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Principia botanica: or, a concise and easy introduction to the sexual botany of Linnæus. With the genera; their mode of growth, (as Tree, Shrub, or Herb;) The Number of Species to Each Genus; Where Principally Native; and The Number Indigenous to the British Isles: Arranged in Columns under Each Class and Order; and Digested Alphabetically under Several Generic Distinctions. By which Means most Plants may be thus far ascertained. Together with three indexes. I. Of the Linnaean Genera accented, with the British Names. II. Of such Trivial Names as were the Genera of Old Authors. III. Of the British Names, with the Linnaean Genera; to which are added many of the Specific Names. Also, A Table of several Vegetable Drugs not in the Indexes.
Darwin, Robert Waring, 1724-1816.Date: MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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The cost and availability of generic drugs to the NHS : first report / Health Committee.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee.Date: 1999- Ephemera
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Doncaster Pharmaceuticals Ltd : generics offer : available until September 5th 1981.
Date: 1981- Ephemera
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Doncaster Pharmaceuticals Ltd : step into autumn with our September generics offer : available until October 10th 1981.
Date: 1981