Stories
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Herbal medicines and the early modern menopause
Held responsible for their own “rebellious distempers” – or menopausal symptoms – women had no choice but to keep quiet and resort to unpalatable concoctions in the hope of relief, as Julia Nurse explains.
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Laughing at disaster
If joking around can help us cope when the worst happens, could comedy be a useful way to connect on climate change?
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How shame makes us sick
The fight-or-flight response can have long-term consequences for our bodies if left unchecked. Lucia Osborne-Crowley investigates how shame and trauma are connected, and how both can lead to chronic ill health.
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My ADHD titration diary
After her ADHD diagnosis, Verity Babbs wondered how well medication would work. Her diary details the controlled process of trying different doses, and how her body reacted.
Catalogue
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Relief Mexicain
Alexander von Humboldt- Archives and manuscripts
Relief organisations: literature
Date: 1920-1921Reference: PP/CHI/B.4Part of: Dame Harriette Chick- Digital Images
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Relief en basalte
Alexander von Humboldt- Books
Relief of symptoms / Walter Modell.
Modell, Walter, 1907-1990.Date: 1961- Digital Images
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Relief: offering to Archinos to Amphiaraos