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.
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A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
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A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
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Lindsey Fitzharris’s prescription for writing
The Wellcome Book Prize shortlisted author of ‘The Butchering Art’ answers five questions on health, inspiration and storytelling.
Catalogue
- Books
The history of the popular medicine of England / by Richard R. Trail.
Trail, Richard Robertson, 1894-Date: [1965?]- Books
The history of medical ethics / Robert Baker.
Baker, Robert, 1937-Date: 1993- Books
- Online
A plain address to the common sense of the people of England. Containing an interesting abstract of Pain's life and writings. By J. Gifford, Esq. Author of the history of France, new history of England, &c. &c.
Gifford, John, 1758-1818.Date: 1792- Books
A history of the education of the deaf in England / by M.G. McLoughlin.
McLoughlin, M. G.Date: [1987], ©1987- Books
The history of the doctor-patient relationship / Edward Shorter.
Shorter, Edward.Date: 1993