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.
- Book extract
Your gut’s instincts
Cultural historian Elsa Richardson explores the stomach’s influence over our emotions, and why trusting your gut is often good advice.
- Article
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.
- Article
What is hysteria?
Hysteria has long been associated with fanciful myths, but its history reveals how it has been used to control women’s behaviour and bodies
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Incidence of Central Nervous System Malformations in Various Countries
Date: 1956-1957Reference: PENROSE/2/39/4/4Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
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Working Papers Relating to Central Nervous System Malformations
Date: 1950sReference: PENROSE/2/39/4Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
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Notes on Mental Illness and Parental Age and Nervous System Malformations
Date: 1939Reference: PENROSE/2/39/5Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Central Nervous System
McMichael, Sir John, FRCP, FRCPE, FRS (1904-1993) CardiologistDate: 1939-1957Reference: PP/JMM/D/1/5Part of: McMichael, Sir John (1904-1993)- Archives and manuscripts
MS Record of 137 Families with Offspring Suffering from Central Nervous System Malformation
Date: Feb 1939Reference: PENROSE/2/39/5/2Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers