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The doctor who challenged the unicorn myth
| Estelle ParanqueKathleen Arundell
Our era of fake news and medical misinformation is nothing new. Estelle Paranque relays the thrusts and parries of a 440-year-old row over a magical cure-all, the unicorn horn.
- In pictures
- In pictures
The eyes have it
| Kate Wilkinson
In 1583, eye specialist Georg Bartisch published a book detailing the treatments he’d developed for various eye disorders. Today his approach seems to mix surprising innovation with entirely contemporary religious judgement.