Stories
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Going viral in the online anti-vaccine wars
‘Anti-vaxxers’ are taking their message online using powerful images as well as words. But is the pro campaigners’ response any better?
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The psychology of Ouija
Explore the science behind table tilting and Ouija boards, and discover how the unscrupulous still make money from exploiting the ‘ideomotor’ effect.
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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.
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The building as tool of healing
When we’re ill, it’s not just medical care that helps to treat us. Architects have discovered that the right environment can play an important part too.
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'Mallam's vaccinators' made by Arnold and Sons, London.
Arnold & Sons- Digital Images
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'Mallam's vaccinator', made by Arnold and sons, London
Arnold & Sons- Archives and manuscripts
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M0000831: two folding lancets and case previously belonging to Edward Jenner (1749-1823)
Date: 26 July 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/8/18Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Pictures
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A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician riding a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession that scares children; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
Reference: 16071i- Pictures
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A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
Reference: 16070i