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The indelible harm caused by conversion therapy

With first-hand evidence from two powerful testimonies, neurologist Jules Montague explores the destructive history of conversion therapy, a punitive treatment designed to ‘cure’ people of homosexuality.

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A brief history of contraception

From douches to diaphragms, and condoms to caps, discover the wide range of contraception methods people have used over the centuries.

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Sex and syphilis

Before antibiotics, syphilis unleashed centuries of misery, countered by desperate but largely useless remedies. With the spread of syphilis on the rise, it’s worth remembering what our forebears suffered.

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Sex in graphic novels

Sex and sexuality have long been explored in the history of the graphic novel.

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  • Quelques adresses utiles de centre de dépistage anonyme et gratuite (CDAG) et de dispensaire antivénérien (DAV) / ARCAT.
  • Algunas direcciones utiles de centros de depistage anónimo y gratuito (CDAG) y de dispensarios (consultorios) antivenéreos (DAV) / ARCAT.
  • Algunas direcciones utiles de centros de depistage anónimo y gratuito (CDAG) y de dispensarios (consultorios) antivenéreos (DAV) / ARCAT.
  • Quelques adresses utiles de centre de dépistage anonyme et gratuite (CDAG) et de dispensaire antivénérien (DAV) / ARCAT.
  • I, John Knox Stuart, M.D. profess to cure sexual debility, secondary symptoms & all forms of venereal : cure / John Knox Stuart, M.D., surgeon.
  • I, John Knox Stuart, M.D. profess to cure sexual debility, secondary symptoms & all forms of venereal : cure / John Knox Stuart, M.D., surgeon.
  • Jacques Boyol, inventeur d'une machine, servant à guérir ou à soulager les maux qui n'ont pû l'être, ni par les remèdes ni par les eaux minérales : à ses concitoyens.
  • George Jones of London : Student in the Art of Physick and Chyrurgery for about Thirty years, is now resident at his house in Hatton-Garden, where he hath lived for above seven years : His Friendly Pills: they are the true tincture of the sun ... / George Jones.
  • George Jones of London : Student in the Art of Physick and Chyrurgery for about Thirty years, is now resident at his house in Hatton-Garden, where he hath lived for above seven years : His Friendly Pills: they are the true tincture of the sun ... / George Jones.
  • George Jones of London : Student in the Art of Physick and Chyrurgery for about Thirty years, is now resident at his house in Hatton-Garden, where he hath lived for above seven years : His Friendly Pills: they are the true tincture of the sun ... / George Jones.
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