Stories
- Article
Belonging, babies and self-belief
As a first-time mother living abroad, it seemed too exhausting to truly connect with new acquaintances. Instead, Tanya Perdikou began to make a kind of peace with herself.
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Mary Bishop and the surveillant gaze
Writer and artist Rose Ruane explores the paintings of Mary Bishop, created during a 30-year stay in a psychiatric hospital, which speak of constant medical surveillance and censorious self-examination.
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The meanings of hurt
In the early modern period, gruesome incidents of self-castration and other types of self-injury garnished the literature of the time. Alanna Skuse explores the messages these wounds conveyed.
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Pain and the power of activism
Today, women with endometriosis have more access to better information than ever before. Jaipreet Virdi applauds the shared stories, online communities and self-help books empowering women in pain.
Catalogue
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Self-medication : the proceedings of the Workshop on Self-Care, held at the Royal College of Physicians, London, on 8th and 9th January, 1979 / edited by J.A.D. Anderson.
Workshop on Self-Care (1979 : Royal College of Physicians of London)Date: 1979- Archives and manuscripts
Symposium on Self-care
Health Education CouncilDate: 1978-1979Reference: SA/HEC/B/21/7Part of: Health Education Council and Health Education Authority- Pictures
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A doctor visiting a patient who insists on self medication; representing Lord Rosebery's chairmanship of a committee advocating reform in the House of Lords. Wood engraving by Sir E.L. Sambourne, 1907.
Sambourne, Linley, 1844-1910.Date: 1907Reference: 15357i- Pictures
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1st self-portrait.
Charnley, Bryan, 1949-1991Date: 11-16 April 1991Reference: 3049687iPart of: Bryan Charnley Self-portraits.- Pictures
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16th self-portrait.
Charnley, Bryan, 1949-1991Date: 12 July 1991Reference: 3049701iPart of: Bryan Charnley Self-portraits.