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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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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.

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A history of mindfulness

Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.

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The healing power of the physic garden

Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.

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  • British Society for the History of Medicine. Presidents Badge.
  • IX International Congress of the History of Medicine, Bucharest, 1932: speakers at the opening ceremony. Photograph, 1932.
  • International Congress for the History of Medicine, Bucharest: eight delegates. Process print after Ross, 1932.
  • International Congress for the History of Medicine (VI), Leiden, 1927: delegates at the opening of the Congress. Photograph, 1927.
  • International Congress for the History of Medicine (VI), Leiden, 1927: delegates at the opening of the Congress. Photograph, 1927.
  • International Congress for the History of Medicine, Bucharest: five delegates. Process prints after E. Taru, 1932.
  • International Congress for the History of Medicine, Bucharest: fourteen delegates. Process print after I. Ross, 1932.
  • International Congress for the History of Medicine, Bucharest: four delegates. Process prints after E. Taru, 1932.
  • International Congress for the History of Medicine, Bucharest: four delegates. Process prints after E. Taru, 1932.
  • International Congress for the History of Medicine, Bucharest: four delegates. Process prints after E. Taru, 1932.
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