Stories
- Article
A story of death, trauma and austerity
Marienna Pope-Weidemann, whose teenage cousin Gaia died after going missing, advocates a rethink of our systems, which currently fail many in mental distress.
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The anatomy of a brain dissection
Dissecting the brain after death not only helps confirm a diagnosis, but it can also teach us so much more about the symptoms and causes of brain diseases and how to treat them.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Kq: Nervous System Diseases - Neurological Conditions - Groups
Date: 1998-1999Reference: SA/WHL/14/32/1Part of: Women's Health Library: archive- Archives and manuscripts
"The Life of Aelius Aristides a Greek 'neurotic' - for comparison with the infirmities of Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale, Ellis Barker etc"
Date: 1946Reference: PP/FPW/B.226/4/2Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)- Books
- Online
Essays chiefly on the theory of paroxysmal diseases of the nervous system / by Marshall Hall.
Hall, Marshall, 1790-1857.Date: [1849]- Books
- Online
A treatise on nervous diseases / by John Cooke.
Cooke, John, 1756-1838.Date: 1820[-1823]- Books
A treatise on diet and regimen, : wherein are established on practical grounds, rules, for the prevention, and cure of diseases incident to a disordered state of the digestive organs, and of the nervous system... / By James Rymer.
Rymer, James, active 1770-1833.Date: 1828