Stories
- Article
The cures and demons of sleep paralysis
Discover the murky past of sleep paralysis, the terrifying disorder once associated with demonic possession
- Article
The making of ‘Quacks’
How do you create a medical comedy that’s authentic and laugh-out-loud funny?
- Interview
Sniffing glue and Scientology in the DrugScope archive
Academics on hallucinogenics, kids sniffing glue, and Scientologists recruiting drug users keen to kick the habit. Delve into Wellcome’s recently acquired DrugScope archive.
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Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
Catalogue
- Books
Doctors on stage : the art and drama of medicine / by Claude Stanush.
Stanush, Claude, 1918-2011.Date: 1985- Archives and manuscripts
They made history: The conquest of pain (script of BBC drama)
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television ServiceDate: 1959Reference: MS.8577Part of: <i>They made history</i>: scripts of BBC dramas- Books
Cortisone and the politics of drama, 1949-55 / David Cantor.
Cantor, David.Date: 1992- Archives and manuscripts
The Drama/Prose Literature/Poetry: The Influence of Medical Poets
Date: c.1960sReference: GC/119/B.1/9Part of: MacNalty, Sir Arthur Salusbury (1880-1969)- E-books
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Vortigern, an historical tragedy, in five acts; represented at the theatre Royal, Drury Lane. and Henry the second, an historical drama. Supposed to be written by the author of Vortigern
Ireland, W. H