Stories
- Article
The healing power of the physic garden
Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.
- Article
Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta
A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.
- Article
Vivekananda’s journey
How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.
- 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
- Pictures
- Online
Sri Lanka: traditional 'devil dancers' in costume. Photograph, ca. 1860.
Date: 1860Reference: 578481i- Pictures
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Sri Lanka: Kandy, the fifteen different kinds of hell at maligawa's wall. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 580099i- Archives and manuscripts
Sri Lanka
British and Irish Orthoptic SocietyDate: 1980-2005Reference: SA/OPS/E/13Part of: British and Irish Orthoptic Society- Archives and manuscripts
Sri Lanka
Date: 1966-1994Reference: SA/WFO/H/24Part of: World Federation of Occupational Therapists (est.1952)- Archives and manuscripts
Sri Lanka
Date: 1977-1978Reference: SA/ICM/G/6/39Part of: International Confederation of Midwives