Stories
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Making sunstroke insanity
Medical historian Dr Kristin Hussey takes a closer look at sunstroke and mental illness, and how, in the late 19th century, they connected at the crossroads of colonial science and the idea of whiteness.
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The side effects of lithium mining
Laura Grace Simpkins attempts to untangle some uncomfortable truths about the social and environmental costs of making her medication.
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What happy endings teach us in childhood
Kate Wilkinson explores why, in quest fiction, good must triumph over evil, and what that means both for childhood dreams and adult realities.
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Vivekananda’s journey
How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
American Hospital Ship Maine
Date: 1900-1923Reference: WF/M/P/04/06Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Pictures
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"Spotts", Dispenser A.L.H. Ship "Maine". Photograph by Lyddell Sawyer.
Sawyer, Lyddell, 1856-1927.Reference: 13604i- Archives and manuscripts
Explorers: Maine
Date: c.1899Reference: WF/M/I/PR/E28Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Digital Images
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Hospital ship 'Maine'.
- Ephemera
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Hospital ship Maine : the "Executive" of the American hospital ship "Maine" / R. Quiller Lane.
Quiller Lane, R.Date: 1899