Stories
- Article
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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Born different
For Chris North, being born intersex in the 1940s meant his many childhood hospital visits, tests and operations were not explained or discussed. As he reveals, doctors encouraged strict secrecy.
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The 200-year search for normal people
Sarah Chaney poses the question we’ve likely all asked at some point in our lives: 'Am I normal?’, and explores whether normality even exists.
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Remote diagnosis from wee to the Web
Medical practice might have moved on from when patients posted flasks of their urine for doctors to taste, but telehealth today keeps up the tradition of remote diagnosis – to our possible detriment.
Catalogue
- Books
Sexual politics / Kate Millett ; foreword by Catharine A. MacKinnon ; afterword by Rebecca Mead.
Millett, KateDate: [2016]- Videos
Inside Broadmoor.
Date: 2013- Archives and manuscripts
Family Planning Association
Family Planning AssociationDate: c.1930-c.2000sReference: SA/FPA- Archives and manuscripts
The Archive of Ismond Rosen (1924-1996)
Rosen, Ismond, (1924-1996) MB, BCH 1946, DPM 1951, MD 1954, FRSM, Hon. FRCPsych (posthumous), Fellow Society of Portrait SculptorsDate: c.1941-2010Reference: PP/ROS- Archives and manuscripts
Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)
Bowlby, JohnDate: 1887-2000Reference: PP/BOW