Rough proof
It was strange being dead. I died three times [perhaps more] BEN CRUACAN [I was not ‘Rough Proof’] ALDBAR GLEN [Tainted Love] RUICHLACHRIE [‘a little bit of activity’] As an … Continue reading Rough proof
Tag: Mortar and pestle
The Scottish Pharmacist
At the time of making this film, nearly 1 in 5 Scots are taking antidepressants. Many are taking them indefinitely. The Scottish Pharmacist: To play this short film please click … Continue reading The Scottish Pharmacist
Dr Marigold’s prescriptions
Dr Marigold’s prescriptions: To play this short film please click here or on the image above Music credit: ‘Intruder’ by Peter Gabriel. ‘Dr Marigold’: from the writings of Charles Dickens. … Continue reading Dr Marigold’s prescriptions
MUNYON’S SEASONAL ADVICE
MUNYON’S SEASONAL ADVICE, Edinburgh Evening News, 9 May 1898: “DON’T TAKE MEDICINE UNLESS YOU ARE ILL. STRONG DRUGS KILL MORE PEOPLE THAN WAR AND PESTILENCE COMBINED. UNIVERSAL PRESCRIBING WITH CURE-ALLS … Continue reading MUNYON’S SEASONAL ADVICE
This is the first thing I remember
Hilary Mantel shares this, one of her first memories, in ‘Giving up the ghost‘. One of my earliest memories was also from a pram: above me I could see a … Continue reading This is the first thing I remember
The pestling of the Hippocratic oath by a market-driven world
I have come to consider mortar & pestle pharmacy signs as representing the pestling of the Hippocratic oath by a market-driven world, aided and abetted by existential fear. One of … Continue reading The pestling of the Hippocratic oath by a market-driven world
Pulverising Mill
In 1777 Dr Stephen Hempsted had his new invention patented. His ‘Pulverising Mill’ was designed to replace mortar and pestles for preparing medicines. A new industrial age had begun and … Continue reading Pulverising Mill