Stories
- Article
Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
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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.
Catalogue
- Books
Rheumatism and the weather / Arthritis & Rheumatism Council.
Date: [1992]- Books
"Rheumatism" : a series of broadcast talks given by "A Doctor."
Copeman, W. S. C. (William Sydney Charles), 1900-1970Date: 1950- Journals
Rheumatism.
Date: 1965-- Journals
Rheumatism.
- Archives and manuscripts
Rheumatism
McMichael, Sir John, FRCP, FRCPE, FRS (1904-1993) CardiologistDate: 1939-1957Reference: PP/JMM/D/1/24Part of: McMichael, Sir John (1904-1993)