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Guerrilla public health

From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.

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Six personal health zines that might change your life

Personal zines put health conditions back in the hands of the people who experience them. Here are six that Wellcome Collection staff love.

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A history of gestation outside the body

It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.

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Reversing the psychiatric gaze

Nineteenth-century psychiatrists were keen to categorise their patients’ illnesses reductively – by their physical appearance. But we can see a far more complex picture of mental distress, revealed by those patients able to express their inner worlds in art.

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  • AIDS : Australia faces the issues : a sampling of publicity produced by the Australian government, state governments/ territories and community groups / produced by the Dept. of Community Services and Health.
  • AIDS : Australia faces the issues : a sampling of publicity produced by the Australian government, state governments/ territories and community groups / produced by the Dept. of Community Services and Health.
  • Men and women with a warning about the invisible signs of having HIV; a poster from America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1994.
  • A man with his hands over his face, a woman with her hands covering her ears and another man with his hands covering his mouth with a message about how HIV is communicated; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1994.
  • A woman smiling with a warning about the invisible signs of having HIV; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1991.
  • The face of a man with one hand on his chin representing a man who appears positive about being HIV; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • A young black couple with their arms linked and a warning about the dangers of getting high and getting AIDS; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1993.
  • A woman looks directly at the viewer with the words 'Qué tienes en contra de un condón?'; advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Lithograph.
  • The face of a man wearing glasses representing a man worried about HIV; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1991.
  • The words "Let me help you" against a black background representing an advertisement for using condoms; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
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