Stories
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Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
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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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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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NHS Blue: the colour of universal healthcare
The 1980s and 1990s saw ideas from the world of business infiltrating the NHS, including the introduction of an internal market, followed by a corporate branding exercise.
Catalogue
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Bibliography of the history of medicine of the United States and Canada - 1954 / edited by Genevieve Miller.
Date: [1955]- Books
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Public perceptions of genetically modified foods : a national study of American knowledge and opinion / William K. Hallman [and others].
Date: 2003- Books
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Opinions on interesting subjects of public law and commercial policy; arising from American Independence. - 1. The question answered- Whether the Citizens of the United States are considered by the Law of England as Aliens; what Privileges are they entitled to within the Kingdom; what Rights can they claim in the remaining Colonies of Britain. - 2. The Regulations for opening the American Trade considered; Faults found; and Amendments proposed. How the late Proclamations affect the United States discussed: Objections pointed out; and Alterations suggested. - 3. How far the British West Indies were injured by the late Proclamation fully investigated; the Amount of their Wants discovered; Modes of Supply shewn; And the Policy of admitting the American Vessels into their Ports amply argued. - 4. An Enquiry how far a Commercial Treaty with the American States is necessary, or would be advantageous: What the Laws of England have already provided on this Subject; and the fundamental Laws of the United States compared with them. By George Chalmers, author of Political annals of the revolted colonies, and of An estimate of the comparative strength of Britain.
Chalmers, George, 1742-1825.Date: 1785- Journals
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American Jewish history
Date: 1978-- Books
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A sermon, preached at the cathedral church of Sarum, On Wednesday, February 21, 1781. Being the day appointed for a general fast. By Walter Kerrich, A. M. canon residentiary of Sarum, and late fellow of Catharine-Hall, Cambridge.
Kerrich, Walter, -1803.Date: 1781