Stories
- In pictures
The history of sanatoriums and surveillance
The sanatorium treatment for tuberculosis was a curious combination of sunshine, fresh air, exercise and constant surveillance.
- Article
A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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Witches
Many of the women persecuted as witches in the 16th-century “witch craze” were over 50 and exhibited signs of menopause. Helen Foster suggests that the stigma of the wicked witch still affects older women and how they deal with menopause.
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Vivekananda’s journey
How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.
Catalogue
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History of the mission of the United Brethren among the Indians in North America. In three parts. By George Henry Loskiel. Translated from the German by Christian Ignatius La Trobe.
Loskiel, George Henry, 1740-1814.Date: 1794- Books
History of the mission of the United Brethren among the Indians in North America. In three parts / By George Henry Loskiel. Translated from the German by Christian Ignatius La Trobe.
Loskiel, George Henry, 1740-1814.Date: 1794- Books
The invasion of America : Indians, colonialism, and the cant of conquest / by Francis Jennings.
Jennings, Francis, 1918-2000.Date: 1975- Books
The return of the patient as person : contemporary attitudes towards the alleviation of suffering in North America / Margaret Lock.
Lock, Margaret MDate: 1995- Books
The Indian tribes of North America : with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs / Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall.
McKenney, Thomas L. (Thomas Loraine), 1785-1859.Date: 1933-1934