Stories
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Investigating what lithium is and how it works
The more questions Laura Grace Simpkins asked about lithium, the more she realised how little is known about this powerful drug and how it affects our mental health.
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The law of periodicity for menstruation
Dr Edward Clarke's Law of Periodicity claimed that females who were educated alongside their male peers were developing their minds at the expense of their reproductive organs.
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The science of why things spread
From deadly pandemics to viral tweets, Adam Kucharski explores what makes something contagious.
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Illness and the influence of the stars
Could alien germs from space have caused major pandemics across the world? Taras Young investigates the ideas of a few unconventional scientists who believe this to be the case.
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Practical observations on the teeth and gums, with the best mode for their preservation / by I. L. Levison.
Levison, I. L.Date: 1826- Books
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Primitive physic, or, an easy and natural method of curing most diseases / by John Wesley ...
Date: 1781- Books
A change for the better : how to survive - and thrive - during the menopause / Dr Hilary Jones.
Jones, Hilary (Hilary Robert)Date: 2000- Books
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Dr. Buchans Domestic medicine; or a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. To which is added, characteristic symptoms of diseases, from the nosology of the late celebrated Dr. Cullen of Edinburgh. With an appendix, containing a list of medicines usually employed, and the doses for all ages.
Buchan William, 1729-1805.Date: 1812- Books
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A guide to health : being cautions and directions in the treatment of diseases. Designed chiefly for the use of students / by Joseph Townsend ...
Date: 1795-1796