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Diagnosed bipolar, prescribed lithium

In the first part of a series looking into lithium, Laura Grace Simpkins recounts the beginning of her troubled relationship with this mysterious drug.

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Delusional recycling and the problem with plastic

Many of us are guilty of wishful thinking when it comes to our rubbish. Arianne Shahvisi exposes shaky recycling infrastructure and overseas dumping, arguing for an end to waste colonialism.

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Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances

In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.

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Sick of being lonely

When his relationship ended, Thom James first withdrew from the world, then began to suffer from illnesses with no apparent physical cause.

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  • The dangers of water consumption in babies and importance of breastfeeding in Djibouti. Colour lithograph by Ministère de la Santé and Unicef, ca. 2000.
  • A dissertation on the use of sea-water in the diseases of the glands. Particularly the scurvy, jaudice, king's-evil, leprosy, and the glandular consumption / Translated from the Latin ... by an eminent physician.
  • Rosa gallica L. Rosaceae Distribution: S & C Europe, Western Asia. Culpeper: “Red roses cool, bind, strengthen both vital and animal virtue, restores such as are in consumptions, strengthen. Notes: Rose water and distilled oil of roses have been used in herbal medicine for over a thousand years, and are still used in aromatherapy. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Xiehao, an edible wild plant, Chinese woodcut
  • Mang niu'er miao, a wild plant, Chinese woodcut
  • Jin gua'er (a kind of pumpkin), Chinese woodcut
  • My mamma / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • My mamma / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • Ciji cai (edible field thistle), Chinese woodcut
  • Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Vinegar
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