Stories
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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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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The hidden history of homesickness
Gail Tolley delves into the history of homesickness and discovers that its rich past holds a clue to how we view the experience today.
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Printing the body
The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.
Catalogue
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Experimentation on animals as a means of knowledge in physiology, pathology, and practical medicine / by J.C. Dalton.
Dalton, John Call, 1825-1889.Date: 1875- Books
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Three lectures on the pathology and treatment of diabetes mellitus viewed by the light of present-day knowledge / by F.W. Pavy.
Pavy, F. W. (Frederick William), 1829-1911.Date: 1908- Books
Making sense of medicine : material culture and the reproduction of medical knowledge / edited by John Nott and Anna Harris ; with special contributions by Rachel Vaden Allison, Harro van Lente, Candida F. Sánchez Burmester, Andrea Wojcik and Sally Wyatt.
Date: 2022- Books
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A dissertation on the features and treatment of insanity. Containing a retrospect of the most important modern theories on the subject : and observations on the inadequacy of our present knowledge of the physiology and pathology of the brain to elucidate the phenomena of mental derangement / by John Syer.
Syer, John, 1937-2009.Date: 1827- Books
Pathology in practice : diseases and dissections in early modern Europe / edited by Silvia De Renzi, Marco Bresadola, and Maria Conforti.
Date: 2018