Stories
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A quick guide to drugs, the brain and brain chemistry
Discover some of the major chemicals that govern activity in our brains, how they work, and why certain drugs have the effects they do.
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Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
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The mystery of the malignant brain
In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.
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The anatomy of a brain dissection
Dissecting the brain after death not only helps confirm a diagnosis, but it can also teach us so much more about the symptoms and causes of brain diseases and how to treat them.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"The Effect of some Analgesic drugs used in Childbirth on the newborn"
Date: c.1954-1957Reference: SA/NBT/H.5/4/5Part of: National Birthday Trust Fund- Archives and manuscripts
Office of Science and Technology: "Drugs Futures 2025?"
Date: 2005Reference: PP/IDD/A/10/40Part of: Iddon, Brian- Archives and manuscripts
Patzig - Phillis
Date: 1950-1988Reference: PP/MLV/C/16/5Part of: Vogt, Dr Marthe Louise (1903-2003)- Archives and manuscripts
Atropine - paper "A study of the effect of drugs on air-way obstruction with particular reference to isoprenaline sulphate and atropine methonitrate": correspondence re publication in Thorax
Date: 1963-1964Reference: PP/RCA/C.2/6/3/2Part of: Roger Edward Collingwood Altounyan FRCP (1922-1987)- Archives and manuscripts
The Actions of Drugs Upon the Brain
Vane, Sir John, FRS (1927-2004), PharmacologistDate: 1962Reference: PP/JRV/E/7Part of: Vane, Sir John Robert (1927-2004)