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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
| Hannah CornishGergo Varga
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
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Coleridge’s hypochondria
| Mike JayNaki Narh
An intense focus on his own bodily sensations led poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to self-medicate with narcotics. But this fascination also put Coleridge ahead of the medical sensibilities of his day.
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Our endless quest for eternal youth
| Dr Lindsey FitzharrisKathleen Arundell
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.