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Are doctors medical detectives?

Do doctors really identify medical conditions in the same way that detectives solve crimes? Neurologist Jules Montague makes her diagnosis.

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Western magic’s fascination with the foreigner

Could modern magic shows be perpetuating damaging cultural stereotypes? Shelley Saggar shows how ‘exotic’ costumes and imagery are far from harmless fun.

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Cocaine, the Victorian wonder drug

Today, cocaine has a very poor public image as one of the causes of crime and violence. But for the Victorians it was welcomed as the saviour of modern surgery.

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  • Diana [Artemis] and Actaeon. Engraving by J.B. Beauvarlet after J. Rottenhammer.
  • Diana [Artemis] and Actaeon. Engraving by G. Sadeler after J. Heintz.
  • Diana [Artemis]: she changes Actaeon into a deer. Engraving by D. Sornique after B. Boullogne.
  • Daedalus and Icarus. Engraving by A.G.L. Desnoyers after C.P. Landon.
  • Daedalus attaching wings to the shoulders of his son Icarus. Stipple engraving by G.S. & E.G. Facius after C. Le Brun.
  • Daedalus attaching wings to the shoulders of his son, Icarus. Stipple engraving by G.S. and J.G. Facius, 1779, after C. Lebrun.
  • The centaur Nessus being shot by Hercules while carrying off Deianeira. Engraving by B. Franco.
  • The centaur Nessus carrying off Deianeira. Engraving by J. Audran after G. Reni.
  • Narcissus and Echo. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. Luti.
  • Daphnis and Chloe (?). Etching by A.J. Annedouche after P.P. Prud'hon.
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