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A doctor, his community and coronavirus

Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.

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Love, longing and tea from the polski sklep

For people of Polish origin in the UK, herbal tea is closely tied to health and shared history. Kasia Tomasiewicz explores her changing relationship to these tea-related cultural habits.

  • Long read

Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction

Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.

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Getting sexy with cinnamon

Add some flavour to your love life with this spice. It will warm up more than just your buns.

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  • Nepal; Kunde hospital in the Khumbu, 1986. This is the only hospital in the Khumbu region. A 'Visitors Note' at the gate reads: 'Interested visitors may be shown the hospital between 8 am - 5 pm depending on the availability of staff. For this service a donation is appreciated. The hospital depends on donations.' In 1986, the hospital was remarkably well equipped considering its isolation. There were facilities for minor, and in an emergency, major surgery and dentistry, local and general anaesthesia, and an X-ray machine running off its own generator. Some diagnostic facilities were carried out, and the walls of the main clinic were lined with shelves packed with a good supply of drugs, bandages and sutures.
  • A malt bruiser, a kind of hand turned mangle. Wood-engraving, 19th century.
  • Various items of brewing apparatus and their constituent parts. Engraving by J. Taylor, 19th century, after C. Varley.
  • Two sections through a brewhouse. Engraving by Gray & Son, 19th century, after G. Whitelaw.
  • Horizontal and vertical sections through a porter brewery mash tun, and its constituent parts. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.
  • Various unlabelled items of brewing apparatus in horizontal and vertical section. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.
  • A labelled section through a porter brewery. Engraving by Mutlow, c. 1812, after J. Farey.
  • A labelled plan and two sections through a London porter brewery. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.
  • The interior and exterior of a working brewhouse. Engraving, c. 1747.
  • The interior and exterior of a working brewhouse. Engraving, c. 1747.
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