Stories
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The birth of Britain's National Health Service
Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.
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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
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In search of the ‘nature cure’
Under the competing pressures of modern life, many of us succumb to mental ill health. Samantha Walton explores why so-called ‘nature cures’ don’t help, and how the living world can actually help us.
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Tracing the roots of our fears and fixations
Kate Summerscale explores the history of our anxieties and compulsions, and the new phobias and manias that are always emerging.
Catalogue
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Psychological Society of Great Britain
Date: 1875-1892Reference: SA/MSL/K/5Part of: Medical Society of London- Books
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The psychology of memory and recollection : read to the Psychological Society of Great Britain, June 1st, 1876 / by Mr. Serjeant Cox.
Cox, Edward W. (Edward William), 1809-1879.Date: 1876- Books
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Some more phenomena of sleep and dream : paper read to the Psychological Society of Great Britain / by the President, Mr. Serjeant Cox.
Cox, Edward W. (Edward William), 1809-1879.Date: [1877]- Books
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The duality of the mind : read at the meeting of the Psychological Society of Great Britain, May 12, 1875 / by Mr. Serjeant Cox.
Cox, Edward W. (Edward William), 1809-1879.Date: [1875]- Books
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Proceedings of the Psychological Society of Great Britain, 1875-1879.
Psychological Society of Great Britain.Date: 1880