Stories
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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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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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What is hysteria?
Hysteria has long been associated with fanciful myths, but its history reveals how it has been used to control women’s behaviour and bodies
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Notebook - 1
Date: 1910-1941Reference: GC/21/1Part of: Hood, Basil- Books
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The treatment of syphilis / by H.C. French.
French, Herbert Cumming, 1860-1913.Date: 1908- Books
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The treatment of syphilis / by J. Marion Sims.
Sims, J. Marion (James Marion), 1813-1883.Date: [1885?]- Books
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The treatment of syphilis with intravenous injection of mercuric chlorid [sic] / by Walter Lytle Pyle.
Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle), 1871-1921.Date: 1895- Books
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Observations on syphilis, and on inoculation as the means of diagnosis in ulcers and discharges invading the genital organs : comprising also a brief outline of the ancient and modern treatment of syphilis, and pointing to new views and to a new method of treating that disease / by John Crowch Christophers.
Christophers, John Crowch, 1813-1883.Date: 1853