Stories
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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Silent threat
As Vanessa Peterson recovered from a frighteningly serious illness, she wondered whether it was linked to air quality. For many communities, she found, pollution is a political issue.
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Reversing the psychiatric gaze
Nineteenth-century psychiatrists were keen to categorise their patients’ illnesses reductively – by their physical appearance. But we can see a far more complex picture of mental distress, revealed by those patients able to express their inner worlds in art.
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Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
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Report on trichinae and trichinosis / United States Marine Hospital Service ; prepared, under direction of the supervising Surgeon-General, by W.C.W. Glazier.
United States. Marine Hospital Service.Date: 1881- Books
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Reports on the diseases of cattle in the United States made to the Commissioner of Agriculture, with accompanying documents. / Department of Agriculture.
United States. Department of Agriculture.Date: 1869- Books
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Reports on the diseases of cattle in the United States, made to the Commissioner of Agriculture, with accompanying documents / Department of Agriculture.
United States. Department of Agriculture.Date: 1869- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7
Date: Aug 1903 - Jul 1904Reference: WF/E/01/01/07Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Pictures
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A bride and a bridegroom, as a warning to Americans to be examined for sexually transmitted diseases before marriage. Colour lithograph, ca. 1944.
Date: [1944?]Reference: 729226iPart of: VD graphic