Stories
- Article
Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
- Article
Bleeding healthy
For thousands of years, and in many different cultures, people have practised bloodletting for health and medical reasons. Julia Nurse explains where and when bleeding was used, how it was done, and why.
- Article
The healing power of the physic garden
Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.
- 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.
Catalogue
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L'opium : ses abus, mangeurs et fumeurs d’opium, morphinomanes / par Ernest Martin.
Date: 1893- Books
The opium war / by the Compilation Group for the "History of Modern China" series.
Date: 1976- Books
Opium for the masses : a practical guide to growing poppies and making opium / by Jim Hogshire.
Hogshire, JimDate: [1994]- Books
Opium poppy garden : the way of a Chinese grower / by William Griffith.
Griffith, William, 1946-Date: [1993]- Books
A history of intoxication : opium in Assam, 1800-1959 / Kawal Deep Kour.
Kour, Kawal DeepDate: 2020