Stories
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Thalidomide, a bitter pill
Hear from some of the women who took the drug thalidomide over sixty years ago about the fear, isolation and grief that they experienced as the appalling pharmaceutical scandal unfolded around them.
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Trust me, I’m a patient
Artist Rachel Rowan Olive is an expert in the way her mental health condition affects her. Here she explains how it helps if doctors understand that.
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Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
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Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
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Pillula salutaris; Or, the justly celebrated Dr. Anthony's Irish pills, (so warmly recommended by Dr. Graham), originally invented, and solely prepared by that celebrated Doctress, Dame Nature, in whom alone the secret reposes: - these pills are remarkably efficacious in the Cure of several Diseases, particularly those of the Stomach; they are known by different Names in different Countries, such as Munster Plumbs, Irish Apricots, Dungarvon Almonds, Jerusalem Artichokes, Eastham Ginseng, Hibernian Mandrakes, Windsor Nutmegs, &c. &c. In Love, they are found to be extremely successful, and as they are far from being Quack Pills, they neither require gilding, nor yet Letters Patent to set them off, as they are of themselves so inviting, that in the Course of a little Preparation they smile in your Face. - Edwin's Pills for purging Melancholy, are nothing to them-as yet they have been free from all Taxes, except that partial and oppressive one-the Shop Tax;-And it is wished that the first Inventors of it may be choaked with the first they swallow of them. These excellent pills, in their prime Quality, are now selling (by the Doctress's particular Appointment) at no. 25, Long-Acre, by Michael Devlin, Vos Hibernia Collocatis,-Summum Bonum in Potatoes. Ye London Folkes,-Leave off your Jokes, Ye snarling Quacks be dumb, These are the Pills,-That cure all Ills, Past, present, and to come.
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The pill : prescription for revolution.
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At [Te]nnent's circulating-library, Top of Milsom-Street, Bath, Are sold all Sorts of Books & Stationary, Maps & Prints, And the following Medicines, viz. Dr. Hill's Balsam of Honey, &c. Dr. Anderson's true Scotch Pills, 1s. Daffy's Elixir, 1s. 3d. Dr. James's Powders, 2s 6d. His analeptic Pills, 4s. Greenough's Tinctures for the Teeth, 1s a Bottle, Lozenges of Tolu for Colds, 1s. Godfrey's General Cordial, 6d. Friar's Balsam, 1s. Bateman's Pectoral Drops, 1s. Ladies black Sticking Plaister, 6d. Arquebusade Water, &c. - Books neatly bound. - Account-Books of all Sorts, Letter-Cases, Ladies Pocket-Books, &c. by the Marker. - The full Value for any Library or Parcel of Books. - As he keeps the best Workmen, Gentlemen and others may depend on having their Books bound in all the various Bindings, and as well as in any Part of England. - Magazines, Reviews, and all other Weekly and Monthly Publications as early as possible. - A. Tennent begs the Favor of his Subscribers not to exceed three Books at one Time, and to return all new Publications soon, being much wanted: And that Gentlemen and Ladies leaving this City, will please to give Orders that all Books be return'd. - Except this is observed, it is not in the Power of the Proprietor to make it so agreeable to the Company.
Tennent, A. (Andrew), -1788.Date: 1780?]- Books
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The St. James's register: or, taste a-la-mode. Contents. (which the Readers are desir'd to peruse with Attention.) The Rev. rake: Being Faithful Memoirs of the Progress of a - his Ways and Art of Management with a Woman; his Letter to B. C. (now married, and made a Lady) and, lastly, concluding with his Lady's Journey to London, in a violent Ill Humour, on hearing of his Amours. The Dutchess's Taste. See the Frontispiece. A- F- to Count Tranvillo. A Real Case. In which Epistle it is made appear, that Great Men are often guilty of very little Actions. The rival concubines: Being an Epistle from Dr. Anodyne's Daughter, to a Young Lady in great Despair. To which is added, a familiar Discourse between Jane Shore and Fair Rosamond. Tartuffe's Banquet: Or, a Key to the Picture, lately publish'd. Vanella in Mourning; with a Pill double gilt, to comfort her. The C- rake: Or, Alexis in Drury-Lane. Being an exact Description of a late Adventure. Faithful Memoirs of Sir J. M. who was a great Sufferer by the C- C-, a Dealer in Stocks, and many Other Things and Commodities. The Buxom Lady. Inscrib'd to a Gentleman noted for his Skill in Surgery and Anatomy. Woman convinc'd: Being an Epistle supposed to be written by a certain great Poet, and inscrib'd to a very pretty Lady, (an intolerable Wit!) and which Epistle was, by her very great Lord, forbid to be printed; so that, had not this little, diminutive, Very Great Poet (luckily) preserv'd a Copy of this Epistle deliver'd in MS. the Publick had intirely lost the Benefit of reading so mere a Trifle. F-l's Labour. An Epistle to Miss N-, lately promoted.
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The compleat family physician; or, universal medical repository. Containing the Causes, Symptoms, Preventions, And Cures, Of all the various Maladies to which Human Nature is subject, from the Birth to the Grave. Including The Diseases peculiar to Seamen, as well as those of particular Climates; such as the East and West Indies, Coast of Guinea, Greenland, Newfoundland, &c. with the proper Methods of treating Lunaticks, and Persons who are subject to Fits of any Kind. - And the best and most approved Preservatives against Epidemick and Contagious Diseases; such as the Plague, Putrid Fevers, Gaol Distemper, and other Infections. Together with An Account of all the celebrated Spas-Not only of this Country, but such others also, as are of great Repute in other Parts of the World, and the Waters of which are usually imported into these Kingdoms; with some Observations on the Virtues and Efficacy of Sea Water and Bathing. Likewise, Strictures on Quackery in general; and a candid Examination of the respective Merits of James's Powder, Norton's Drops, Ormskirk Powder, Ward's Drops, And Other Popular Medicines. With a full Account of the various Kinds of Poisons, both Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral; and the best Methods of counteracting their respective Effects. - Also, the Means to be made use of for restoring Drowned or Strangled Persons, as published by the Humane Society; and the Plan of Dr. Hawes, Secretary to that benevolent Institution, for preventing Persons being buried Alive. To which is added, The family surgery. Containing Directions for treating Green and Old Wounds; proper Stypticks for immediately stopping the Blood in all Cases; and infallible Applications for the Cure of the Bite of Mad Animals, as well as the Bite or Sting of venomous Animals and Insects. With some approved Receipts for the Cure of Ringworms, Warts, Corns, Bruises, Carbuncles, &c. and Directions for managing the Eyes, Ears, Teeth, Nails, &c. so as to prevent Blindness, Deasness, and Lameness in the Feet. Also, The proper Methods of making and using Salves, Ointments, Pills, Cataplasms, Poultices, Fomentations, Embrocations, &c. &c. Together with The compleat British herbal. And A List of all such Drugs, Chymicals, &c. as are directed to be used in the different Preparations, with their Prices at Apothecaries Hall, London. The Whole Forming A Compleat Body Of AtDomestick Medicine, Calculated As well to assist Gentlemen of the Faculty, as for the Use of private Families; and in which the utmost Care is taken to recommend such Remedies as are most plain and simple, and of Course the least expensive, and readiest to be procured. By Hugh Smythson, M.D. Late Student at the University of Leyden. When, on the Bed of loath'd Disease, With streaming Eyes, Affection sees A Child, a Husband, Wife, or Friend, And fears the much-lov'd Victim's End; How sighs the sympathetick Heart, For Knowledge in the Healing Art! How fears, lest Want of Skill prevent The kind Assistance fondly meant! No more, by anxious Dread possess'd, Shall Terror fill the friendly Breast; Whilst in our Labours are combin'd The healing Arts of all Mankind.
Smythson, Hugh.Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]