Stories
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Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
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The ‘epileptic’ in art and science
From scarred outsiders in literature to the cold voyeurism of medical films and photography, people who experience seizures and epilepsy are rarely shown in a compassionate light in popular culture.
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A history of twins in science
For thousands of years, twins have been a source of fascination in mythology, religion and the arts. Since the 19th century, they have also been the subject of scientific study and experimentation.
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The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
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London medical gazette : being a weekly journal of medicine and the collateral sciences. Saturday, September 8, 1832.
Date: 1832- Archives and manuscripts
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Date: 1946 - 2001Reference: PP/WRO/C/4Part of: Professor Oliver Wrong- Books
Tropical health : a report on a study of needs and resources / Division of Medical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council.
National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences.Date: 1962- Books
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Specialism in medical teaching and examining / by Thomas Cooke.
Cooke, Thomas, 1841-1899.Date: 1897- Books
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Specialism in teaching and examining / by Thomas Cooke.
Cooke, Thomas, 1841-1899.Date: 1896