Stories
- Article
Pain and the power of touch
As a new physiotherapist, Fiona Murphy quickly learned that her patients’ pain was unpredictable and very personal. But using the right words became the key to helping them.
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How I cured my fear of vomiting
Emetophobia ruled every waking moment of Alex’s life. Until he came to realise he couldn’t live that way any more.
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How to play with drunk people
Lower your inhibitions and join Holly Gramazio for fast-paced games made even more fun by alcohol.
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Dress and the magic of touch
Fashion, of course, is largely about appearance, but the feeling of clothes on your skin is a complex sensory experience. Shahidha Bari contemplates the human connections in the business of creating and wearing clothes.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Hand washing at Nursery School, on a display board [1]
Date: c.1950Reference: SA/HVA/E.3/4Part of: Health Visitors' Association- Books
More than just hand-washing & tidy spaces / a zine by Sharon Corish.
Corish, SharonDate: [2019?]- Books
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The art of fortification delineated: with rules for designing, drawing, washing, and colouring, in the most elegant taste, particular works and buildings, and their Plans, Elevations, Sections, Profiles, and Fronts, in Civil and Military Architecture: As likewise The intire Survey of a Place with its particular Charts, and the Description of Provinces, States, Kingdoms, Empires, &c. A Work absolutely necessary for the Gentleman, Officer, and Architect. Translated by J. Dinsdale. Adorn'd with twenty-three cuts, engrav'd by G. Bickham.
Buchotte, M., active 18th century.Date: M.DCC.XLVIII. [1748]
- Pictures
Interior of a hospital with a woman washing a man's feet. Oil painting.
Date: [between 1500 and 1599?]Reference: 44863i
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The regular washing of hands. Lithograph, ca. 1960.
Date: [1960?]Reference: 576172i