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Hamlet, the melancholic Prince of Denmark

Hamlet clearly demonstrates an excess of black bile and is arguably the most famous literary melancholic.

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The cures and demons of sleep paralysis

Discover the murky past of sleep paralysis, the terrifying disorder once associated with demonic possession

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The indelible harm caused by conversion therapy

With first-hand evidence from two powerful testimonies, neurologist Jules Montague explores the destructive history of conversion therapy, a punitive treatment designed to ‘cure’ people of homosexuality.

  • In pictures

Dark Matter responds to ‘Epidemic threats and racist legacies’

Animated-collage artist Dark Matter brings his unique combination of live footage and archive imagery to respond to a text suggesting that the field of epidemiology emerged in the 19th century imbued with the doctrine of Western imperialism.

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  • The Addictions Forum in association with The Alcohol Research Group - the University of Edinburgh present the Third National Conference on Drugs & AIDS ... : 3 and 4 November 1992, Queen Mother Conference Centre, Royal College of Physicians, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH12 1JQ.
  • The Fairy Queen : now exhibiting at the Cosmorama Rooms, 209, Regent Street : universally pronounced the wonder of the age, and smallest child in the world! Twelve months old, sixteen inches high and weighs only four pounds.
  • Stem cell transfer of mitochondria
  • The carnival of lost emotions / The Centre for the History of the Emotions.
  • Queen's college, Belfast. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing after C. Lanyon.
  • Queen's College, Oxford: showing panoramic view of All Souls College and St. Mary's Church. Line engraving.
  • Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast: a visit by the King and Queen to the Clarence ward. Pen and ink drawing, 1903.
  • Queen's College.
  • Queen's College, Oxford: from the river. Line engraving by Elizabeth Byrne, 1810, after R.B. Harraden.
  • Queen's College, Oxford: its buildings in the sixteenth century, before their replacement by neoclassical buildings. Wood engraving by J. Jackson, 1845.
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