Stories
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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.
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Dating on dopamine
Drug treatment for Parkinson’s can come with an unwanted side serving of compulsive behaviour, as Pete Langman discovered. Read about his dating journey in a dopamine cloud.
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The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
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Coleridge’s hypochondria
An intense focus on his own bodily sensations led poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to self-medicate with narcotics. But this fascination also put Coleridge ahead of the medical sensibilities of his day.
Catalogue
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Applied drug therapy of the rheumatic diseases / H.A. Bird, V. Wright.
Bird, H. A. (Howard Anthony), 1945-Date: 1982- Books
Annotated bibliography of cortisone, A.C.T.H. and related hormonal substances / produced quarterly by the Cortisone Committee of the Empire Rheumatism Council.
Date: [1950?-]- Books
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On the failure of salicyl-compounds in the treatment of acute rheumatism accompanied with inflammation of the genito-urinary mucous membranes : a paper read before the Medico-Chirurgical Society on the 6th of July 1881 with some additional observations on the character and nature of the disease / by Thomas R. Fraser.
Date: 1885- Ephemera
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Davenport's specific for gout, rheumatic gout and rheumatism.
Date: [approximately 1858]- Books
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Rheumatism, its nature, its pathology and its successful treatment / by T.J. Maclagan.
Date: 1881