Stories
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Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
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The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
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The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
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The art of soundproof design
Too much noise is more than annoying – it has serious negative effects on health and cognitive ability. Find out how designers and architects are mitigating the downsides of sound.
Catalogue
- Journals
Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of New York.
Medical Society of the State of New York (1807- )Date: 1807-1905- Books
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History of the Medical Society of the State of New York / by James J. Walsh.
Walsh, James J. (James Joseph), 1865-1942.Date: 1907- Books
The 100th anniversary of the Dental Society of the State of New York.
Dental Society of the State of New York.Date: 1968- Books
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The relations of the medical profession to the state : Being the anniversary discourse delivered before the Medical Society of the State of New York, February fifth, 1879. / By D.B. St. John Roosa, M.D., President of the Society.
Roosa, D. B. St. John (Daniel Bennett St. John), 1838-1908.Date: 1879- Books
A new form of nervous disease : together with an essay on erythroxylon coca / by W.S. Searle, A.M., M.D., fellow of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of New York, etc.
Searle, William S., 1833-Date: 1881