Stories
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Coleridge’s hypochondria
An intense focus on his own bodily sensations led poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to self-medicate with narcotics. But this fascination also put Coleridge ahead of the medical sensibilities of his day.
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Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
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Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
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How nature is defending itself in court
The idea that nature has legal rights is increasingly being taken seriously, but who gets to speak for it? Isabella Kaminski asks how the non-human can be represented within a human-made system.
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The constitution of matter / by William A. Tilden.
Tilden, William Augustus, 1842-1926.Date: [1870]- Archives and manuscripts
Legal correspondence re Branches - rules, incorporation, etc
Date: 1990-1994Reference: SA/BRO/A/4/3Part of: Brook: Archives- Archives and manuscripts
NAALGE-AHWA 1942-1946
Date: 1942-1947Reference: SA/AHR/C.12-13Part of: Association of Health and Residential Care Officers- Books
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The Committee's record for the year 1913 : (special features of the year's work - current work and routine matters).
British Fire Prevention Committee.Date: 1914- Books
A matter of feeling! / editor: Espen Gangvik.
Date: [2012]