Stories
- Book extract
Winter blues and the story of SAD
In ‘Chasing the Sun‘ Linda Geddes reveals why for some people, winter is literally depressing, showing how we first came to recognise seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
- Article
Chronic illness and the pressure to get well
When she was ill, Naomi Morris assumed she was on a straightforward journey from sickness to health. But what if our experiences of mental distress and ill health aren’t that neat?
- Article
Hamlet, the melancholic Prince of Denmark
Hamlet clearly demonstrates an excess of black bile and is arguably the most famous literary melancholic.
- Article
When skin bleaching goes wrong
Warnings about permanent health damage don’t deter those using skin-bleaching products for years on end. Read the story of one woman who suffered from liver failure after years of striving to be paler.
Catalogue
- Books
Diet for weight reduction : weight charts and instructions to patient / Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London (The Wellcome Foundation Ltd.).
Burroughs Wellcome Company.Date: [1957?]- Books
Drugs and appetite / edited by T. Silverstone.
Date: 1982
- Ephemera
- Online
Appetite control / Messrs Mayrs Agencies ; Clinical Products Ltd.
Date: [1955?]- Archives and manuscripts
TS of "A Study of the Appetite in Manic Depressive Psychosis"
Date: c.1930Reference: PENROSE/2/16/2/5Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Books
Psychopharmacology and food / edited by Merton Sandler and Trevor Silverstone.
Date: 1985