The history of the British Isles and its inhabitants, both human and canine, has long been entwined. Breed reveals the enduring and affectionate relationship between the British people and their dogs and explores the very beginnings of pedigree dog breeding in Britain.
100 Years of Sex, Syphilis and Psychiatry in Scotland
Tuesday, 23 October, 2012 - 19:30 to 21:00
Tempest Anderson Hall, Yorkshire Museum, York
A lecture by Dr. Gayle Davis.
Against a background of potent fears surrounding the moral and physical ‘degeneration’ of nineteenth and early-twentieth-century society, and significant change within the discipline of psychiatry, this lecture will explore a critical period in the developing relationship between syphilis and insanity.