Stories
- Article
Doctors and the English seaside
Fashionable seaside towns in England owe much of their popularity to 18th-century doctors, who advised them to take the 'sea cure'.
- In pictures
The aphrodisiac apothecary
Not in the mood? Come and visit our traditional drug store for natural tonics rumoured to increase sexual desire.
- Article
Conflicted and confused about lithium
Covid-19 left Laura Grace Simpkins out of work and living back with her parents. She now had time to restart her research into her medication, but was she mad to continue?
- Article
Investigating what lithium is and how it works
The more questions Laura Grace Simpkins asked about lithium, the more she realised how little is known about this powerful drug and how it affects our mental health.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
Tonic wines ephemera. Box 1.
- Ephemera
Tonic wines ephemera. Box 2.
- Journals
Tonic : the journal of the Robert Simpson Society.
- Books
Tonic hardening of the colon / by T. Stacey Wilson.
Wilson, T. Stacey.Date: 1927- Ephemera
- Online
Tonic powders for horses and cattle ... : especially valuable where the appetite is deficent or in cases of weakness caused by exposure, over exertion. etc.
Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]