Stories
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The shocking ‘treatment’ to make lesbians straight
Being a lesbian has never been a crime in the UK, but 50 years ago, some psychologists experimented with treatments to try to ‘cure’ women of their orientation. Find out what this involved.
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Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
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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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Going viral in the online anti-vaccine wars
‘Anti-vaxxers’ are taking their message online using powerful images as well as words. But is the pro campaigners’ response any better?
Catalogue
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The Foundation of provincial medical education in England and of the Manchester school in particular / by Edward Mansfield Brockbank.
Brockbank, E. M. (Edward Mansfield), 1866-Date: 1936
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Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, England. Line engraving by W. Morton, ca. 1853/1857.
Morton, William.Date: [between 1853 and 1857?]Reference: 18295i
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Royal Manchester Infirmary, Manchester, England. Coloured lithograph by J. Arnout.
Arnout, Jules, 1814-1868.Reference: 18297i- Pictures
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, England. Process print after G.B. Clilverd.
Clilverd, Graham Barry, 1883-1978.Reference: 18294i- Books
The Manchester medical revolution / Charles Webster, Jonathan Barry.
Webster, Charles, 1936-Date: 1986