Stories
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The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
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History of condoms from animal to rubber
Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.
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Blood
Discover the history, mythology and taboos around blood and menopause, and hear from some contemporary voices about their experiences of periods and the onset of menopause.
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Heating up and drying out
Menopause doesn’t have to signify old age, but when your body feels like it’s letting you down, it’s hard not to believe that your useful life may be over.
Catalogue
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Gifte und Gegengifte in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart : die Vorträge der Pharmaziehistorischen Biennale in Mülheim an der Ruhr vom 23. - 25. April 2010 / herausgegeben von Christoph Friedrich und Wolf-Dieter Müller-Jahncke.
Date: 2012- Books
Les empoisonnements sous Louis XIV d'après les documents inédits de l'affaire des poisons 1679-1682 / [Lucien Nass].
Nass, Lucien, 1874-Date: 1898- Books
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Élémens d'histoire naturelle médicale : contenant des notions générales sur l'histoire naturelle, la description, l'histoire et les propriétés de tous les alimens, médicamens, ou poisons, tirés des trois règnes de la nature : avec un atlas, représentant les formes cristallines des minéraux, les espèces de sangsues officinales, les divers insectes vésicans et les vers intestinaux de l'homme / par Achille Richard.
Richard Achille, 1794-1852.Date: 1838- Pictures
Tear gas poisoning: two views of an eye with conjunctivitis. Watercolour by A.K. Maxwell, ca. 1915.
Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick, 1884-1975.Date: 1915Reference: 571889i- Books
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Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, etc. etc. ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1881 ; completion of the hospital extension ; action and purpose of the governors of the cotton districts convalescent fund ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report and tables, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785, and copies of conveyances of hospital and baths from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees.
Devonshire Royal Hospital (Buxton, Derbyshire, England)Date: 1882