Stories
- Article
How do advertisers get inside our heads?
Vance Packard exposed techniques of mass manipulation developed by 1950s advertisers that are still at work today in the age of big data.
- Article
Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
- Interview
Sniffing glue and Scientology in the DrugScope archive
Academics on hallucinogenics, kids sniffing glue, and Scientologists recruiting drug users keen to kick the habit. Delve into Wellcome’s recently acquired DrugScope archive.
- Article
Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Drug Advertising & Drug Abuse - The Role of the FTC
Date: 1971Reference: SA/DRS/L/44Part of: DrugScope- Ephemera
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Principles of penicillin therapy : the therapeutic objective in all cases - to kill the infection with penicillin.
Date: [1954?]- Ephemera
- Online
Doncaster Pharmaceuticals Ltd : Bank rate up! - Interest charges up! Why tie your money up in bulk buying? Competetive prices in our October generics offer.
Date: 1981- Ephemera
- Online
Doncaster Pharmaceuticals Ltd : Bank rate up! - Interest charges up! Why tie your money up in bulk buying? Competetive prices on our November generics offer.
Date: 1981- Ephemera
- Online
Thiodermine : ochre - rose - Rachel : naturelle.
Date: [between 1925 and 1935?]