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The search for a cure for endometriosis

Discover how a white American doctor’s experimental operations on black female slaves laid the foundations for modern gynaecological surgery.

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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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Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high

The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.

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The law of periodicity for menstruation

Dr Edward Clarke's Law of Periodicity claimed that females who were educated alongside their male peers were developing their minds at the expense of their reproductive organs.

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  • Kenneth G. Castro, managing director of the AIDS program for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control with a message in spanish containing how to get information about AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • Two arms entwined and joined at the hands representing a couple who risk catching AIDS with a message from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • A blonde haired woman looks directly out at the viewer; representation of the risk of AIDS in new relationships with text relating to an interview about how to broach the subject of AIDS on first dates; an advertisement by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Lithograph.
  • Acupuncture chart with a series of points indicated on the figure of a standing Chinese man, demonstrating acupuncture points for controlling diseases of the heart and sexual organs. Watercolour.
  • A hand with a syringe and a warning about the dangers of drugs and AIDS in Spanish; advertisement for an AIDS information line by the Long Beach Health Department. Lithograph by F (...).
  • Peter Zamara, an HIV positive man, sits leaning against a baseball post holding a ball; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • Anti-retroviral treatment (ART) for people with AIDS / Khomanani.
  • A woman coughing into her arm, a man sneezing into a tissue and washing hands: preventing the spread of flu in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A child's face with a bow tie amidst rays of light: preventing tuberculosis in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, ca. 2000.
  • Observing hospital visiting hours and keeping distance from the sick: preventing the spread of coughs, colds, and influenze in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
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