Stories
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Biogastrone heals gastric ulcers in ambulant patients usually in 4 - 6 weeks.
Date: [approximately 1965]- Ephemera
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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?]- Ephemera
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For its tonic and reconstructive effects prescribe Angier's Emulsion : aids digestion, assimilation and nutrition, tones the nervous system, hastens convalescence.
Date: 1937