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.
- Article
Booze and bad behaviour
Our love of alcohol is like a party that’s lasted nine centuries. But there are signs that the demon drink is losing its appeal.
- 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.
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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.
Catalogue
- Books
Pergamum / by Lord Amulree.
Amulree, Basil William Sholto Mackenzie, Baron, 1900-1984.Date: 1975- Books
Outlines of Greek and Roman medicine / James Sands Elliott.
Elliott, James, Sir, 1880-1959.Date: [2008?]- Books
The Asclepiadae and the priests of Asclepius / by E.T. Withington.
Withington, E. T. (Edward Theodore)Date: 1921- Books
Greek biology & Greek medicine / by Charles Singer.
Singer, Charles, 1876-1960.Date: 1922- Books
Galen's discovery and promulgation of the function of the recurrent laryngeal nerve / by Joseph Walsh.
Walsh, Joseph.Date: 1926