Stories
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The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
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The housing that gives hope to refugees
A safe place of one’s own can be a source of healing and hope. George Kafka reports on two Athens-based projects helping displaced people by putting housing first.
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Good animals, bad humans?
Could an animal be more evolved than a human? Victorian psychologists thought that in some cases the answer could be ‘yes’.
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Writing in remission
Reading the writings of the lifelong hypochondriac Jacques Derrida during lockdown, Brian Dillon realises his own health anxiety has become unusually subdued.
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Tenth annual report of the New-York Asylum for Idiots : To the legislature of the State of New York / New York State Asylum for Idiots.
New York State Asylum for Idiots.Date: 1861- Books
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Seventh annual report of the New-York Asylum for Idiots : To the legislature of the State of New York for 1858 / New York State Asylum for Idiots.
New York State Asylum for Idiots.Date: 1858- Books
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Ninth annual report of the New-York Asylum for Idiots : To the legislature of the State of New-York for 1860 / New York State Asylum for Idiots.
New York State Asylum for Idiots.Date: 1860- Books
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Eighth annual report of the New-York Asylum for Idiots : To the legislature of the State of New-York for 1859 / New York State Asylum for Idiots.
New York State Asylum for Idiots.Date: 1859- Pictures
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The New-York State Asylum for Idiots, Syracuse. Wood engraving.
Date: [between 1850 and 1859?]Reference: 46502i