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Theriac: An ancient brand?
| Briony Hudson
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
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Plant portraits
| Julia Nurse
The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.
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Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
| Nataly Allasi CanalesCat O’Neil
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
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Drugs in Victorian Britain
| Louise Crane
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?