Stories
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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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You know the drill
Richard Barnett opens wide the true meaning of a healthy mouth.
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Finding a cure for homesickness
While technology can mitigate some aspects of homesickness, other components of home are harder to replicate. Find out how 21st-century studies are helping homesickness sufferers find silver linings in their new situation.
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Tracing the roots of our fears and fixations
Kate Summerscale explores the history of our anxieties and compulsions, and the new phobias and manias that are always emerging.
Catalogue
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Psychology at Victorian Cambridge - the unofficial laboratory of 1887-1888 / Michael M. Sokal.
Sokal, Michael M. (Michael Mark), 1945-Date: 1972- Ephemera
Maskelyne and Cooke : the royal illusionists and anti-spiritualists ; in addition to Messrs. Maskelyne and Cooke's marvellous performance, Fritz Renhard, the cleverest facial artiste & ventriloquist in the world ; pianist, Mr. Chas. Mellon.
Egyptian Hall (London, England)Date: [187-?]- Archives and manuscripts
'Sight I'
Date: c.1900-1910Reference: PSY/SPE/1/3/1Part of: Spearman, Charles Edward (1863-1945)- Pictures
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A doctor trying to convince an obese lady that her over-eating problems are psychologically based. Wood engraving by EH, 1894.
H., E., active 1894.Date: 1894Reference: 14303i- Books
From lesion to metaphor : chronic pain without lesion in British, French and German medical writings: 1800-1914 / Andrew David Hodgkiss.
Hodgkiss, Andrew.Date: 1996