Stories
- Article
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.
- Article
The hell of hay fever
After years suffering in silence, David Jesudason finds speaking out about his pollen allergy gives him hope for a future where his hay-fever symptoms are under control.
- Article
The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist
Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.
- Book extract
Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
Catalogue
- Books
Report of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on the Adulteration of Drugs.
Date: 1838- Books
- Online
Report of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on the adulteration of drugs : 2d March 1838.
Christison, Robert, Sir, 1797-1882.Date: 1838- Books
- Online
Tables of the physiological action of drugs / by E.A. Morshead.
Date: 1880- Books
- Online
The chemistry of synthetic drugs / by Percy May.
May, Percy, 1886-Date: 1911- Books
- Online
The influence of certain drugs on Cheyne-Stokes respiration / by G.A. Gibson.
Date: [1886?]