Stories
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Reassuring ghosts and haunted houses
Explore the perversely comforting appeal of a ghost in the house.
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Does mass media pave the way to fascism?
In the aftermath of World War II, psychoanalysts found the psychological roots of authoritarianism closer to home than was comfortable.
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On body horror and growing up strange
A young child’s unusual feelings, reactions and assertions are routinely dismissed by adults. Find out how manga horror stories became a source of strength, and helped them trust their adult body.
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Celebrating our soft toys
After cuddling a teddy bear cured her insomnia, Elspeth Wilson was inspired to speak to four other autistic and disabled adults, who praise the roles soft toys play in their lives.
Catalogue
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What is a doctor? Essays on medicine and human natural history / [Alex Comfort].
Comfort, Alex, 1920-2000.Date: 1981- Books
The science of human perfection : how genes became the heart of American medicine / Nathaniel Comfort.
Comfort, Nathaniel C.Date: [2012], ©2012- Pictures
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A convalescing woman trying in vain to rouse her slumbering hired nurse: the cat scavenges her food and the candle sets light to the carpet. Coloured etching by N. Heideloff, 1807, after T. Rowlandson.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: October 1807Reference: 11876iPart of: Miseries of human life- E-books
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Business and diversion inoffensive to God, and necessary for the comfort and support of human society. A discourse utter'd in part at Ammauskeeg-Falls, in the fishing-season. 1739. [Eight lines from Isaak Walton]
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Grace triumphant. A sacred poem, in nine dialogues; wherein the utmost power of nature, reason, virtue, and the liberty of the human will, to administer comfort to the awakened sinner, are impartially weighed and considered. By John Fellows
Fellows, John