Stories
- Article
Doctors and the English seaside
Fashionable seaside towns in England owe much of their popularity to 18th-century doctors, who advised them to take the 'sea cure'.
- Long read
The ambivalence of air
Daisy Lafarge investigates the effects of air quality and pressure on body and mind, exploring air as cure, but one with contradictions.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
- Article
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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Health Visitors' Association
Health Visitor's AssociationDate: 1902-1990Reference: SA/HVA- Pictures
A central caricature of the morning promenade at Montpellier Spa, Cheltenham, with little sketches of scenes, people, and objects. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1833, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: Dec. 1833Reference: 16633i- Books
Darwin in Ilkley / Mike Dixon & Gregory Radick.
Dixon, Michael F. (Michael Frederick), 1941-Date: 2009- Archives and manuscripts
Hodgkin family
Fox, Sarah, 1804-1890Date: 1737-1980Reference: PP/HO