Stories
- Article
Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles
Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.
- Article
Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
- Article
Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
- Article
Blood
Discover the history, mythology and taboos around blood and menopause, and hear from some contemporary voices about their experiences of periods and the onset of menopause.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Miscellaneous papers on alcoholism
Date: 1957-1963Reference: PP/AWD/H/6/3Part of: Daley, Sir (William) Allen (1887-1969)- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence - General Meeting and Executive Committee
Date: 23 Oct 1970Reference: SA/CMO/C/129Part of: Association of County Medical Officers of Health and the County Medical Officers Group of the Society of Medical Officers of Health- Journals
Drug education journal of Australia.
Date: 1987-1991- Ephemera
Alcohol / HIT.
Date: 1995- Pictures
- Online
The naked body of a child amidst empty bottles in a rubbish tip with a warning about the need to fight alcholism and AIDS. Colour lithograph by Shenoa Egawa Poster Designs, 1994, for the Seattle Indian Health Board.
Date: 1994Reference: 669197i