Stories
- Article
The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
- Article
The shocking ‘treatment’ to make lesbians straight
Being a lesbian has never been a crime in the UK, but 50 years ago, some psychologists experimented with treatments to try to ‘cure’ women of their orientation. Find out what this involved.
- 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.
- 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.
Catalogue
- Books
Mother Seigel's home companion : household, toilet, & first aid hints - things a mother should know - the care of the sick - conundrums - popular superstitions, meaning of names, flowers, & precious stones, with much other interesting and useful information / A.J. White & Co. Ltd.
A.J. White, Ltd.Date: [1912?]- Ephemera
Christmas comes but once a year and when it does it brings good cheer : but Boxing Day brings "biliousness"... : Veracolate / William R. Warner & Co. Ltd.
William R. Warner & Co.Date: [1961?]
- Ephemera
- Online
Biogastrone heals gastric ulcers in ambulant patients usually in 4 - 6 weeks.
Date: [approximately 1965]
- Ephemera
- Online
Ayer's cathartic pills : a safe, pleasant and reliable family medicine / Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.Date: [between 1880 and 1889?]- Books
The Bile Beans puzzle book / [C.E. Fulford, Ltd.].
C.E. Fulford, Ltd.Date: [1933]