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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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  • The feet of a man with worn shoes stick out of a barrel full of chang'aa alcohol: preventing alcoholism among the poor in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 1997.
  • The feet of a man with worn shoes stick out of a barrel full of chang'aa alcohol: preventing alcoholism among the poor in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 1997.
  • Nine illustrations demonstrating ways of living positively with HIV/AIDS from riding a bike to avoiding alcohol, smoking and drugs; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the CII, the Confederation of Indian Industry programme on HIV/AIDS prevention and care. Colour lithograph by amita P. Gupta, ca. 1997.
  • A figure dives off a cliff into the sea; one of a series of AIDS prevention advertisements for Swedish addiction support groups including the AIDS delegation, the Federation of alcohol and drug awareness, Youth Federation and Soldiers Against Drugs. Colour lithograph by Annerino-Liaison, 1992.
  • A man and woman kiss while sitting in shallow sea water; one of a series of AIDS prevention advertisements for Swedish addiction support groups including the AIDS delegation, the Federation of alcohol and drug awareness, Youth Federation and Soldiers Against Drugs. Colour lithograph by Gamma, 1992.
  • A young man surfing on a circular board with the message 'The real binge is within you'; one of a series of AIDS prevention advertisements for Swedish addiction support groups including the AIDS delegation, the Federation of alcohol and drug awareness, Youth Federation and Soldiers Against Drugs. Colour lithograph by Sander-Liaison, 1992.
  • A woman in a short polka dot skirt leans back as a man standing in front of her grabs her hands in the act of making love; one of a series of AIDS prevention advertisements for Swedish addiction support groups including the AIDS delegation, the Federation of alcohol and drug awareness, Youth Federation and Soldiers Against Drugs. Colour lithograph by Rex, 1992.
  • 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.
  • Three poor men burdened with barrels of alcohol, being freed by a man from the Temperance Society, while a woman looks on. Wood-engraving by S. Barr, c. 1840, with letterpress.
  • "At the best alcohol is an expensive luxury; at the worst it is a terrible poison; in between it is a dangerous drug." / Mr. E. Rosslyn Mitchell, M.P. ; issued by the Temperance Council of the Christian Churches of England and Wales, Abbey House, Westminster, S.W.1.
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