Stories
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
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In search of the ‘nature cure’
Under the competing pressures of modern life, many of us succumb to mental ill health. Samantha Walton explores why so-called ‘nature cures’ don’t help, and how the living world can actually help us.
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7
Date: Aug 1903 - Jul 1904Reference: WF/E/01/01/07Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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On the culture of potatoes: extracted from communications made to the Board of Agriculture in Great-Britain. Published by order of the trustees of the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. [Four lines from Swift]
Date: MDCCXCVIII. [1798]- Books
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George the Third, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, and so forth, to all to whom these presents shall come greeting. Whereas it appears to us, that great advantages may be derived from the establishment of a board, society, or body corporate, for the encouragement of agriculture and internal improvement, know ye therefore, that wee, of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and more motion, have ordained, given, and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs, and successors, do ordain, give, and grand, that there shall be, for ever hereafter, a board or society, which shall be called by the name of the Board or Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture and Internal Improvement; ...
Board of Agriculture.Date: 1793]- Books
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[Agriculture Society,] at Manchester, instituted MDCCLXVII.
Manchester Agricultural Society (Manchester, England)Date: 1776- Books
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[Agriculture Society,] at Manchester, first instituted M.DCC.LXVII.
Manchester Agricultural Society (Manchester, England)Date: [1774]