Stories
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Rose Mackenberg’s deceptive activism
Discover how a New York private investigator became part of Houdini’s mission to expose the fraudulent mediums making money from their vulnerable, grieving clients.
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The freedom to provoke
Jamie Hale talks to performer and director Emma Selwyn about the joy of creating work that celebrates, rather than suppresses, autistic behaviours.
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Electrical epilepsy and the EEG Test
The EEG (electroencephalograph) literally electrified the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. But for Aparna Nair the dreaded EEG tests of her adolescence were a painful ordeal.
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Can our sexual desires be transformed?
In the 1950s, many psychiatrists thought that homosexuality could be reformed. One found that it couldn’t – and his discoveries led to a change in the law.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Lord Moran (Charles McMoran Wilson) (1882-1977): archives
Moran, Charles McMoran Wilson, Baron (1882-1977)Date: 1828-1977Reference: PP/CMW- Archives and manuscripts
Thomson, Anthony Todd, F.R.C.P. (1778-1849), professor of materia medica
Thomson, Anthony Todd, 1778-1849.Date: 1817-1845Reference: MS.7715- Pictures
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A futuristic vision: technology is over-sophisticated, and the masses devote themselves to intellectual pursuits, while the basic needs of society are neglected. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828, after F.A.
A., F., active 1828.Date: Jany. 23 1828Reference: 36373i- Pictures
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Bad Kreuth, Bavaria: the healing spring, and monument to King Maximilian I of Bavaria. Lithograph by F. Lacroix, 1828, after C. Heinzmann after J.-B. Métivier.
Métivier, Jean Baptiste, 1781-1857.Date: 1828Reference: 533616i- Books
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Trattato dei bianti, ovver pitocchi, e vagabondi [by R. Frianoro], col modo d'imparare la lingua furbesca. [Ed. by A. Torri].
Date: 1828