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Chemical highs and psychedelic research
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Diagnosed bipolar, prescribed lithium
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Acid and the sexual psychonauts
How LSD fuelled one woman’s journey of sexual self-discovery in the late 1950s.
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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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Observations on the use and abuse of mercurial medicines in various diseases / by James Hamilton.
Hamilton, James, 1767-1839.Date: 1819
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De largiorum calomelanos dosium usu atque effectu : dissertatio inauguralis physiologico-therapeutica ... / auctor Albertus Lesser.
Lesser, Albert.Date: 1847- Books
Histoire thérapeutique du mercure et de ses composés / [Abel Pillot].
Pillot, Abel.Date: 1910
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De l'association de la médication cacodylique à la médication iodo-hydrargyrique dans la syphilis : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue devant la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier le 30 mai 1902 / par Albert Massol.
Massol, Albert, 1871-Date: 1902
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A report of the method and results of the treatment for the malignant cholera, by small and frequently repeated doses of calomel : with an enquiry into the nature and origin of the complaint, with a view to a more just appreciation of the means for its prevention and cure, with numerous illustrative cases / by Joseph Ayre.
Ayre, Joseph, 1781-1860.Date: 1823