Stories
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Mapping the body
These intricate anatomical drawings show how Ayurveda practitioners have explored the human body and how it works.
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Getting under the skin
Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.
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The relationship between science and art
Often seen as opposites, science and art both depend on observation and synthesis.
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Pain and the power of activism
Today, women with endometriosis have more access to better information than ever before. Jaipreet Virdi applauds the shared stories, online communities and self-help books empowering women in pain.
Catalogue
- Books
Everything you know about the human body is wrong / Matt Brown.
Brown, Matt, 1976-Date: 2018- Books
The medical companion: treating, according to the most successful practice, I. The diseases common to warm climates and on ship board. II. Common cases in surgery, as fractures, dislocations, &c. III. The complaints peculiar to women and children. With a dispensatory and glossary. To which are added, a brief anatomy of the human body; an essay on hygeine [sic], or the art of preserving health and prolonging life; an American materia medica, instructing country gentlemen in the very important knowledge of the virtues and doses of our medicinal plants; also, a concise and impartial history of the capture of Washington, and the diseases wich sprung from that most deplorable disaster / [James Ewell].
Ewell, James, 1773-1832.Date: 1816- Books
Our bodies, ourselves : a book by and for women / the Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
Date: [1976], ©1976- Videos
The beauty of anatomy. 1/5.
Date: 2014- Archives and manuscripts
English Language Autograph Letters: HAB-HAN
Date: 1674-1934Reference: MS.8911