Stories
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Confession as therapy in the Middle Ages
The line between confession and counselling has been blurred for centuries.
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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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Two health centres, two ideologies
Two futuristic, light-filled buildings aimed to bring forward-looking healthcare to city dwellers. But the principles behind each were very different.
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Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
Catalogue
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Serum and vaccine therapy in connection with diseases of the eye : the Middlemore prize essay, British Medical Association, 1911 / by C.W.G. Bryan.
Bryan, Charles Walter Gordon, 1884-1954.Date: 1912- Books
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Ocular therapeutics / by L. de Wecker ; translated and edited by Litton Forbes.
Date: 1879- Books
History and testimony relating to Singleton's renowned eye ointment.
Stephen Green Limited.Date: [c.1950]- Books
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De l'occlusion des paupières dans le traitement des ophthalmies et des maladies des yeux / discours de H. Larrey à l'Académie impériale de médecine (séance du 19 février 1856).
Larrey, Félix Hippolyte, baron, 1808-1895.Date: 1856- Books
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High-frequency current in ophthalmic practice / by L. Webster Fox.
Fox, Lawrance Webster, 1853-1931.Date: [1907]