Stories
- Article
The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria
A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.
- Book extract
Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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The shape of thought
Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s description of the moment in 1887 when he saw a brain cell for the first time never fails to move neuroscientist Richard Wingate to tears. Here he captures that enduring sense of wonder.
- Book extract
Renaissance women and their killer cosmetics
In this extract from ‘How to be a Renaissance Woman’, Jill Burke delves into a complex world of beauty products, poison and patriarchy – and reveals the impossible contradictions of femininity faced by 16th-century women.
Catalogue
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Centre de Santé Médical & Dentaire au Maire Volta : Paris Santé / Centre Médical de la Ville de Paris, La Mairie du 3e, Département de Paris, ENIPSE, Équipe Nationale d'Intervention en Prévention et Santé pour les Entreprises.
Date: 2014- Ephemera
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Centre de Santé Médical et Dentaire au Maire Volta : consultations avec et sans rendez-vous au: 01 48 87 49 87 / Centre Médical de la Ville de Paris, La Mairie du 3e, Département de Paris.
Date: 2014- Pictures
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The importance of regular health checks for children in Djibouti. Colour lithograph by Ministère de la Santé and Unicef, ca. 2000.
Date: [2000?]Reference: 752125i- Books
Santé, médecine et sociologie : Colloque international de sociologie médicale ... Paris, 6-9 juillet 1976.
International Conference on Medical Sociology (1976 : Paris, France)Date: 1978- Books
Sickle cell disease and thalassaemias : new trends in therapy = Drépanocytose et thalassémies : nouvelles tendances thérapeutiques / edited by Yves Beuzard, Bertram Lubin, Jean Rosa.
Date: 1995