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Would you like to buy a unicorn?

The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.

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The poor child’s nurse

Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.

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Heating up and drying out

Menopause doesn’t have to signify old age, but when your body feels like it’s letting you down, it’s hard not to believe that your useful life may be over.

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Rethinking the placebo effect

The placebo effect has long been harnessed for both legitimate and fraudulent use, but we’re only just discovering how and why our bodies respond positively to dummy drugs, as Anjuli Sharma reveals.

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  • Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association.
  • Henry Solomon Wellcome and others at a "Ground Breaking Exercise" of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Photograph, 1932.
  • American Pharmaceutical Association: an outdoors event: members listening to a band concert: panoramic view. Photograph by Schutz, 1934.
  • Conference notice on medical ethics and practice in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by the Ethiopian Medical Association, 2008.
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