Stories
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Graphic battles in pharmacy
James Morison’s campaign against the medical establishment inspired a wave of caricatures mocking his quack medicine.
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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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Confusion, guilt, and the battle to breastfeed
Most new mums are told that breast is best. But breastfeeding doesn’t always come as easily or naturally as you might imagine.
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Witches
Many of the women persecuted as witches in the 16th-century “witch craze” were over 50 and exhibited signs of menopause. Helen Foster suggests that the stigma of the wicked witch still affects older women and how they deal with menopause.
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Correspondence - Anon, M.L. (February 1958), Auffarth, E. (December 1954), Baldry, P.E. (June 1977)
Date: 1954-1977Reference: PP/EBC/B.94Part of: Chain, Professor Sir Ernst Boris- Videos
Battle for the mind : Dr. William Sargant in conversation with Dr. Ernesto Spinelli.
Date: 1987- Archives and manuscripts
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War diary kept by Captain Neil Cantlie, RAMC, with the 6th Division at the Battle of the Somme, Sept - Oct 1916
Date: 1916Reference: RAMC/242Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Books
The battle over the meaning of everything : evolution, intelligent design, and a school board in Dover, PA / Gordy Slack.
Slack, Gordy.Date: [2007], ©2007- Books
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Medical women : a thesis and a history / by Sophia Jex-Blake.
Jex-Blake, Sophia, 1840-1912.Date: 1886