Stories
- Article
Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
- Article
Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
- Article
A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
Catalogue
- Journals
History of medicine.
Date: 1968-- Archives and manuscripts
History of Medicine
Date: Jun 1957-Oct 1974Reference: PP/MKH/A/9Part of: Ronald MacKeith (1908-1977)- Archives and manuscripts
History of medicine
Date: c. 1902-1987Reference: WTI/LBC/G/18Part of: Bruce-Chwatt, Professor Leonard Jan- Archives and manuscripts
History of medicine
Date: 1918-1987Reference: WTI/LBC/G/17Part of: Bruce-Chwatt, Professor Leonard Jan- Books
History of medicine : a very short introduction / William Bynum.
Bynum, W. F. (William F.), 1943-Date: 2008
