Stories
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Louis Wain’s cryptic cats
Once famous for his quirky cat illustrations, today Louis Wain is often portrayed as a ‘psychotic’ artist whose illness can be mapped out through his drawings. Here Bryony Benge-Abbott takes a more rounded view.
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Do good mothers make good democracy?
To be psychologically fit for democracy, one distinguished paediatrician argued that you need a ‘good enough mother’ – and that we must acknowledge the bad side of our feelings.
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The building as tool of healing
When we’re ill, it’s not just medical care that helps to treat us. Architects have discovered that the right environment can play an important part too.
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Can isolation lead to manipulation?
Military-funded researchers wanted to know if isolation techniques could facilitate brainwashing. One neuroscientist suggested that it might improve our own control over our minds.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
International Health Exhibition, London
Date: 1884Reference: GALTON/1/2/6/2/7Part of: Galton Papers
- Ephemera
- Online
International Health Exhibition : South Gallery, Stand No. 217 : G. Fleming, manufacturer of the patent Air-Tight & Lock Corks.
Date: [1884?]
- Books
- Online
The Health Exhibition literature / International Health Exhibition, London, 1884.
Date: 1884- Archives and manuscripts
Offprint of "On the Anthropometric Laboratory at the late International Health Exhibition"
Date: 1885Reference: GALTON/2/11/1/27Part of: Galton Papers- Books
Official catalogue / International Health Exhibition 1884.
International Health Exhibition (1884 : London, England)Date: 1884