Stories
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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.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
- Article
Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
- Article
Belonging and why we long for it
Tanya Perdikou’s upbringing emphasised conventional respectability, but other influential family members embraced the bohemian life. Caught between two sets of values, she questions where, if anywhere, she fits in.
![The seven sisters of sleep: popular history of the seven prevailing narcotics of the world / [M.C. Cooke].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0063966/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
![The seven sisters of sleep: popular history of the seven prevailing narcotics of the world / [M.C. Cooke].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0063968/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
![The seven sisters of sleep: popular history of the seven prevailing narcotics of the world / [M.C. Cooke].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0063967/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
Catalogue
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Narcotics.
Date: [1873?]- Archives and manuscripts
Narcotics Anonymous (poster)
Date: 1980sReference: SA/DRS/C/1/118aPart of: DrugScope- Archives and manuscripts
Narcotics Laboratory
Date: 1976-1978Reference: SA/DRS/K/2/8Part of: DrugScope- Archives and manuscripts
Narcotics Anonymous
Date: 1983-1991Reference: SA/DRS/C/1/118Part of: DrugScope- Archives and manuscripts
Narcotics Anonymous
Date: 1985Reference: SA/DRS/B/1/278aPart of: DrugScope