Stories
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
- Article
Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
- Article
A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
- Article
The healing power of the physic garden
Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.
Catalogue
- Books
History, heritage and health : proceedings of the Fourth Biennial Conference of the Australian Society of the History of Medicine papers presented at Norfolk Island, 2-9 July 1995.
Australian Society of the History of Medicine. Conference 1995 : Norfolk Island)Date: 1996- Books
New perspectives on the history of medicine : first national conference of the Australian Society of the History of Medicine / edited by H. Attwood, R. Gillespie and M. Lewis.
Australian Society of the History of Medicine. National Conference 1989 : Sydney, N.S.W.)Date: 1990- Journals
- Online
Health and history : bulletin of the Australian Society for the History of Medicine.
Date: 1998-- Journals
Newsletter / Scottish Society of the History of Medicine.
Date: 1972-- Journals
Newsletter / Canadian Society for the History of Medicine.
Date: 1979