Stories
- Article
Rethinking the placebo effect
The placebo effect has long been harnessed for both legitimate and fraudulent use, but we’re only just discovering how and why our bodies respond positively to dummy drugs, as Anjuli Sharma reveals.
- Article
Enduring taboos and the future of skin bleaching
Many condemn skin bleaching in public while secretly lightening their own complexions. To break away from these taboos, we need honest information and open conversation.
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Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"Philippines"
Date: 1968Reference: WF/C/E/05/65/28Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd
- Pictures
- Online
Philippines: skulls and a skeleton of the dead lying on the ground. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1908? and 1924?]Reference: 663920i
- Pictures
- Online
Philippines: the dead and smoked bodies of three people seated on the ground. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1908? and 1924?]Reference: 663919i- Archives and manuscripts
Philippines
Date: 1976-1983Reference: SA/WFO/I/15Part of: World Federation of Occupational Therapists (est.1952)- Pictures
Philippines: the dead body of an Igorot displayed seated on a high chair after having been smoked. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1908? and 1924?]Reference: 663922i