Stories
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Does mass media pave the way to fascism?
In the aftermath of World War II, psychoanalysts found the psychological roots of authoritarianism closer to home than was comfortable.
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Revelations of blindness in the Middle Ages
Medieval texts, from Islamic medical treatises to Christian books of miracles, reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. But when medieval scholar Jude Seal experienced visual impairment themselves, they gained an even deeper understanding of the lives they were studying.
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Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
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A brief history of ventilation
As ventilators continue to play an important part in helping very ill coronavirus patients, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris traces their development from the first attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation through centuries of medical crises.
Catalogue
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History of the Indiana Academy of Science, 1885-1984 / William Allen Daily and Fay Kenoyer Daily.
Daily, William Allen.Date: 1984- Archives and manuscripts
Daily Graphic cartoon
Date: 1926Reference: MS.7845/17Part of: Axham, Frederick William (1840-1926), medical practitioner and cause célébre- Archives and manuscripts
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'New superiority drug is tried out', Daily Express: presscutting
Sargant, William Walters (1907-1988)Date: May 1937Reference: PP/WWS/D/4/3Part of: Sargant, William Walters (1907-1988)- Books
Professor William Stearn.
Date: 2001- Archives and manuscripts
Newscutting from the Daily Telegraph on the `Brown Dog' anti-vivisection memorial, Battersea
Date: 1909Reference: GC/223/D/2Part of: Bayliss, Sir William Maddock (1860-1924)