Stories
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Tracing the toxic story of tear gas
Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.
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Sigrid Rausing’s prescription for writing
The Wellcome Book Prize shortlisted author of ‘Stay With Me’ answers five questions on health, inspiration and storytelling.
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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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Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high
The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.
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Police dog : 48 / Royal Mail Group Ltd. ; designed by Redpath.
Date: 2008- Archives and manuscripts
Bloodhounds as Aids to the Police and to Game Preservers
Date: c1896Reference: GALTON/2/5/9/2/7Part of: Galton Papers- Books
Political animals : representing dogs in modern Russian culture / by Henrietta Mondry.
Mondry, HenriettaDate: [2015]- Archives and manuscripts
Paper on the Brown Dog read by Baron before the Osler Club, Jun 1955. Abridged version published in the BMJ, 1 Sep 1956
Date: 1955-1956Reference: GC/199/4/1Part of: Baron, J Hugh (b. 1931)- Pictures
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A dog with a heavy collar sitting outside a police station. Wood engraving by J. Knight after H. Weir, 1864.
Weir, Harrison, 1824-1906.Date: 1865Reference: 41522i