Stories
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The indelible harm caused by conversion therapy
With first-hand evidence from two powerful testimonies, neurologist Jules Montague explores the destructive history of conversion therapy, a punitive treatment designed to ‘cure’ people of homosexuality.
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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.
- 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.
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Remote diagnosis from wee to the Web
Medical practice might have moved on from when patients posted flasks of their urine for doctors to taste, but telehealth today keeps up the tradition of remote diagnosis – to our possible detriment.
Catalogue
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Asthma drugs - trials and tribulations : proceedings of a symposium held in Edinburgh, UK, 12 September, 1983 / edited by Malcolm Green.
Date: 1984- Books
Experimental chemotherapy of filariasis. I, Experimental methods for testing drugs against naturally acquired filarial infections in cotton rats and dogs / R.I. Hewitt [and others].
Date: 1947
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On a successful method of treating acute rheumatism by large and frequent doses of bicarbonate and potash / by Alfred Baring Garrod.
Garrod, Alfred Baring, 1819-1907.Date: 1855
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A new and easy method of curing the lues venerea : by the introduction of mercury into the system through the orifices of the absorbent vessels on the inside of the mouth, with the remarks of Dr. Hunter and Mr. Cruikshank in favour of this practice : also an essay on abscesses, and other observations in surgery / by Peter Clare.
Clare, Peter, 1738-1786.Date: 1780- Books
The treatment of schizophrenia : status and emerging trends / Hans D. Brenner, Wolfgang Böker, Ruth Genner (editors).
Date: [2001], ©2001