Stories
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Colonialism and the origins of skin bleaching
The widespread practice of skin bleaching was heavily influenced by the Western colonisation and slavery of African and South Asian countries. Ngunan Adamu explores this toxic history.
- In pictures
Hookah smoking in colonial Calcutta
Hookah smoking began in the royal courts of Mughal India, and like many other local customs, it was readily adopted by British colonials in the 18th century as a symbol of wealth and status.
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A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
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The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
Catalogue
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Medicine in colonial Massachusetts, 1620-1820 : a conference held 25 & 26 May 1978 / by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts.
Date: [1980], ©1980- Books
...Charles Morton's compendium physicae / [Charles Morton].
Morton, Charles, 1627-1698.Date: 1940- Books
Librarians are human : memories in and out of the rare-book world, 1907-1970 / [Margaret Bingham Stillwell].
Stillwell, Margaret Bingham, 1887-1984.Date: 1973- Books
Medicine in colonial Massachusetts / Harold Bowditch.
Bowditch, Harold.Date: 1938- Journals
Annual reports 1901-1966.
John Carter Brown Library.Date: 1972