Stories
- Article
Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
- Article
Heating up and drying out
Menopause doesn’t have to signify old age, but when your body feels like it’s letting you down, it’s hard not to believe that your useful life may be over.
- 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
- Archives and manuscripts
[Press & Trade Adverts] - Household
Cooper McDougall & Robertson LtdDate: 1958 - 1967Reference: WF/C/M/GB/A/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
OXFAM 560
Date: 1963-1971Reference: WTI/LEP/G/2/2Part of: LEPRA (formerly The British Leprosy Relief Association, now LEPRA Health in Action)- Books
Resources for consumer action : a guide to food and nutrition organizations / Public Voice for Food and Health Policy.
Date: 1990- Archives and manuscripts
Toxic substances in food - natural and artificial: Glasgow Medico-Chirurgical Society
Date: 2 March 1950Reference: PP/MEL/D/50Part of: Mellanby, Sir Edward- Archives and manuscripts
Radioactive Contamination of Air, Water, and Food - Introductory Remarks; Royal Society of Health
Date: 20 Jul 1959Reference: PP/FGS/E/11/59Part of: Spear, Frederick Gordon