Stories
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
- Article
A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
- Article
A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
- Article
A brief history of ventilation
As ventilators continue to play an important part in helping very ill coronavirus patients, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris traces their development from the first attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation through centuries of medical crises.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Durham Colleges Natural History Society
Date: Sep 1953 - Nov 1953Reference: HALDANE/4/27/9Part of: Haldane Papers- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
British Society for the History of Science: Philosophy of Science Group
Date: Sep 1950 - Dec 1953Reference: HALDANE/4/25/12Part of: Haldane Papers- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
London Association - History to 1969
Date: 1969Reference: SA/MWF/C.122Part of: Medical Women's Federation- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Letters between John Lewis and J B S Haldane
Date: Oct 1946 - Nov 1946Reference: HALDANE/4/17/2/11Part of: Haldane Papers- Archives and manuscripts
L - Miscellaneous
Date: 1980-1985Reference: SA/PAT/C/34Part of: The Patients Association