Stories
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Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
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Coleridge’s hypochondria
An intense focus on his own bodily sensations led poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to self-medicate with narcotics. But this fascination also put Coleridge ahead of the medical sensibilities of his day.
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Autistic togetherness during lockdown
While lockdown has presented autistic people with greater challenges than life pre-COVID, many have found strength and comfort in the situation. Autistic writer and performer Kate Fox explains how.
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The case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
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Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Davos Invalids Home, annual report
Date: 1902Reference: SA/NPT/C/1/2Part of: National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis, successor and associated bodies- Archives and manuscripts
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Easterbrook, C. C. - Mental Invalids
Date: 1925Reference: DGH1/6/18/66Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital
- Books
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Invalid institution : Institution for the Social and Temporary Retirement of Invalids.
Institution for the Social and Temporary Retirement of Invalids (Denham Park, Buckinghamshire, England)Date: [1838?]- Archives and manuscripts
Loan agreement between Trustees of the Davos Invalids Home and the Graubündner Kantonalbank
Date: 3 Sep 1896Reference: SA/NPT/C/1/1Part of: National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis, successor and associated bodies- Books
Peero de-luxe invalid chairs : modern achievements of skilled British craftsmen to satisfy the needs of Invalids and Aged Infirm guaranteed efficiency in service / Brown Brothers Limited.
Brown Brothers Limited.Date: [1935]