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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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Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
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Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
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How nature is defending itself in court
The idea that nature has legal rights is increasingly being taken seriously, but who gets to speak for it? Isabella Kaminski asks how the non-human can be represented within a human-made system.
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The constitution of matter / by William A. Tilden.
Tilden, William Augustus, 1842-1926.Date: [1870]- Archives and manuscripts
Legal correspondence re Branches - rules, incorporation, etc
Date: 1990-1994Reference: SA/BRO/A/4/3Part of: Brook: Archives- Archives and manuscripts
NAALGE-AHWA 1942-1946
Date: 1942-1947Reference: SA/AHR/C.12-13Part of: Association of Health and Residential Care Officers- Books
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The practical scheme of the secret disease, a gleet and a broken constitution, caused by fast living, former cures, salivations, taking of mercury, self-abuses, &c. Since Whoever has the Venereal Distemper Either has it but slightly in its 1st Degree; Or else they have it more Virulent in its 2d, or 3d Degree. - And again, Since the First Degree is Cured with a little Matter, and the Second, and Third Degrees require something more: Therefore, That Persons may rightly know to Which of these Degrees their own Case belongs, and what will best Cure it: All these Articles (with all the Circumstances of a Gleet) are fully and Practically explained in this Scheme. See Page 15. Of the Tobacco for the Head and Eyes. See Page 14. Of the Celebrated Anodyne Necklaces, Approved by Dr. Chamberlen. This Book is Given Gratis, Up One Pair of Stairs at the Sign of the Celebrated Anodyne Necklace Recommended by Dr. Chamberlen for Childrens Teeth, against Devreux-Court, without Temple-Bar. At Mrs Garway's in Cornhil. At Mr Payne's, Cane-Shop in Castle-Ally Passage in the R. Exchange. At Mr. Greg's Bookseller, next Northumberland-House Charing-Cross. And by (the Author's Servant) R. Bradshaw as in Page 5.
Date: 1727
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The Committee's record for the year 1913 : (special features of the year's work - current work and routine matters).
British Fire Prevention Committee.Date: 1914