Stories
- Article
Illness and the influence of the stars
Could alien germs from space have caused major pandemics across the world? Taras Young investigates the ideas of a few unconventional scientists who believe this to be the case.
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The enduring myth of the mad genius
There’s a fine line to tread between creativity and psychosis.
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Getting the measure of pain
In the 20th century doctors tried to find a way to measure pain. But even when ‘objective’ measures were rejected, an accurate understanding of another’s pain remained frustratingly elusive.
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Louis Wain’s cryptic cats
Once famous for his quirky cat illustrations, today Louis Wain is often portrayed as a ‘psychotic’ artist whose illness can be mapped out through his drawings. Here Bryony Benge-Abbott takes a more rounded view.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
List of works by Jean Baptiste Antoine Rast-Maupas (1732-1810), physician
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: MS.7449/5Part of: Rast-Maupas Family, France, 18th-19th century- Archives and manuscripts
List of documents relating to Jean Louis Rast-Maupas (1731-1821), silk-processor
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: MS.7449/7Part of: Rast-Maupas Family, France, 18th-19th century- Archives and manuscripts
Test data on anaesthesia apparatus and gases
Date: mid 20th century - late 20th centuryReference: PP/HGE/B/A/7Part of: Dr Hans Georg Epstein (1909-2002)- Archives and manuscripts
Gardner, John (1804-1880): Manuscript Notebook
Gardner, John (1804-1880)Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: MS.8726- Archives and manuscripts
MRCP - A Personal Account by Pappworth (original paper submitted to World Medicine)
Date: Mid to late 20th CenturyReference: PP/MHP/E.2/13Part of: Pappworth, Maurice