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Can our sexual desires be transformed?
In the 1950s, many psychiatrists thought that homosexuality could be reformed. One found that it couldn’t – and his discoveries led to a change in the law.
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Nymphomania and hypersexuality in women and men
The history of nymphomania is closely bound with society's views on women and their sexuality.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Booze and bad behaviour
Our love of alcohol is like a party that’s lasted nine centuries. But there are signs that the demon drink is losing its appeal.
Catalogue
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Fertility fuel : create your family without losing your mind, your marriage, or your money / Susan G. Schiff, D.O.M.
Schiff, Susan G.Date: [2019]- Books
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On the rate of mortality and marriage amongst Europeans in India / by Samuel Brown.
Brown, Samuel, 1810-1875.Date: [1863?]- Journals
Detailed annual report of the registrar-general for Saorstát Éireann, containing a general abstract of the numbers of marriages, births and deaths registered in Saorstát Éireann during the year.
Ireland. General Register Office.Date: 1923-- Archives and manuscripts
"Statistics - LCC and other. Map of Greater London"
Date: 1950sReference: PP/AWD/F/1Part of: Daley, Sir (William) Allen (1887-1969)- Journals
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Weekly return of births and deaths in London / published by authority of the Registrar-General.
Date: 1840-1975