Stories
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Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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Surgeons examining a Mauser bullet in a man's chest via the use of an X-ray. Halftone, 1900, after W. Small.
Small, William, 1843-1929.Date: 1900Reference: 23558i- Pictures
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Doctors at work during a storm on a battlefield at Sinankeui, China. Wood engraving after W. Small.
Small, William, 1843-1929.Reference: 24418i- Pictures
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The good Samaritan: a physician on his way to the opera stops to attend a sick gypsy child; father and siblings dressed in rags in the background. Photogravure after W. Small, 1899.
Small, William, 1843-1929.Date: 1899Reference: 574966i- Pictures
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A physician examining a gypsy child with a stethoscope outside a tent on the side of the road. Halftone by Swain after W. Small, 1898.
Small, William, 1843-1929.Date: 1898Reference: 22207i- Pictures
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Nashrullah Khan (son of the Amir of Afghanistan) having a tooth extracted in front of the soldiers of his father's army. Wood engraving after W. Small after J.A. Gray.
Gray, John Alfred.Reference: 16767i