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Transforming the decorative into dissent

Discover how embroidered messages by two ‘troublesome’ women in 19th-century asylums are mirrored in the therapeutic quilting work of writer Rachel May.

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How electromagnetic therapy inspired me

Poet Sarah James explores how repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treated her depression and influenced her art.

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A brief history of contraception

From douches to diaphragms, and condoms to caps, discover the wide range of contraception methods people have used over the centuries.

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Busting myths about turkey-baster babies

The popular idea of sex-free, turkey-baster-led conception has been around since the 1970s. Christine Ro goes beyond the utensils drawer to find out if it’s ever really happened.

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  • An important consideration for the family doctor : Famicillin CAPS brand of ampicillin.
  • An important consideration for the family doctor : Famicillin CAPS brand of ampicillin.
  • An important consideration for the family doctor : Famicillin CAPS brand of ampicillin.
  • An important consideration for the family doctor : Famicillin CAPS brand of ampicillin.
  • Decayed teeth with gold caps attached.
  • Two monkeys in feathered caps smoking tobacco. Engraving after D. Teniers.
  • The heads of five women wearing an assortment of head-dresses made up of caps, feathers, flowers and jewellery. Coloured lithograph, 1864.
  • Children are rushing out of school to play on the see-saw, their books and caps are on the ground. Coloured lithograph by Stannard & Son.
  • The pope reclining forward to kiss the floor with the words in French: 'Fight AIDS: condoms not skull caps'; an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: a dental hygiene parade: children parade wearing caps shaped liked teeth, bearing banners reading "We brush our teeth each day 100%" and "Progress first". Photograph, 1910/1920.
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