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Inside the mind of Living with Buildings curator, Emily Sargent

Curator Emily Sargent reveals why council estates and a Finnish TB sanatorium were chosen for the ‘Living with Buildings’ exhibition.

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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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Printing the body

The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.

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  • Two nurses whispering and causing a nuisance to patients. Colour lithograph after Fougasse, 1958.
  • A model of a modern hospital. Photograph, 1933.
  • A model of a modern hospital. Photograph, 1933.
  • Queen Alexandra's Hospital for Children with Hip Disease, Queen Square, Holborn: the interior of a ward, with a teacher giving a gymnastics lesson. Photogravure after A. Forestier, 1908.
  • King Edward VII Sanatorium, Midhurst, Sussex: nurses and medical staff (?) about to dine. Photograph, 1907.
  • The church and hospital of Savoy, London: bird's-eye view from Southwark. Engraving by G. Vertue, 1750, after himself, 1736.
  • Benjamin Harrison, the autocratic treasurer of Guy's hospital, receiving tributes from Sir Astley Cooper and his associates. Coloured lithograph attributed to R. Cruikshank, ca. 1830.
  • Benjamin Harrison, the autocratic treasurer of Guy's hospital, receiving tributes from Sir Astley Cooper and his associates. Coloured lithograph attributed to R. Cruikshank, ca. 1830.
  • Benjamin Harrison, the autocratic treasurer of Guy's hospital, receiving tributes from Sir Astley Cooper and his associates. Coloured lithograph attributed to R. Cruikshank, ca. 1830.
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