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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
| Stevyn Colgan
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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Indian botanicals and heritage wars
| Sita Reddy
Colonial botanical texts, as astonishingly beautiful as they are, may cast very dark shadows.
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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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Would you like to buy a unicorn?
| Cassidy Phillips
The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.