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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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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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Bubbles of history

Since the 1960s, scientists have been able to study the air from past centuries by analysing particles in Arctic ice samples. But as the polar ice melts, the future of this research is changing.

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A history of mindfulness

Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.

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  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore: the Institute for the History of Medicine under construction. Photograph, 1928.
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore: the Institute for the History of Medicine: staff standing outside. Colour photograph, 1947.
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore: the Institute for the History of Medicine: staff standing on the steps. Photograph, 1961.
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore: the Institute for the History of Medicine: staff: group portrait. Photograph by Eduard Althausen, ca. 1947.
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore: Arturo Castiglioni with staff of the Institute for the History of Medicine. Photograph by Eduard Althausen, ca. 1928.
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore: the Institute for the History of Medicine: staff (?) seated around a large table. Photograph by Eduard Althausen, ca. 1947.
  • Bulletin of the history of medicine.
  • The carnival of lost emotions / The Centre for the History of the Emotions.
  • A man. Oil painting.
  • A man. Oil painting.
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