Stories
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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.
- In pictures
Laughing gas and the scientific pursuit of the sublime
Part science lecture. part public spectacle, thanks to chemist Humphry Davy the 19th-century craze for inhaling nitrous oxide rapidly spread from the science laboratory to fashionable salons and homes of the day, and onto the popular stage.
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The current that kills
In the 19th century, electricity held life in the balance, with the power to execute – or reanimate.
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Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
Catalogue
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Le cuisinier national de la ville et de la campagne (ex-cuisinier) / par Viart, Fouret et Délan.
Viard, A., active 18th century-19th century.Date: 1853- Books
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Le cuisinier royal ... / [A. Viard].
Viard, A., active 18th century-19th centuryDate: 1838- Books
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Le cuisinier royal / par Viart, homme de bouche.
Viard, A., active 18th century-19th century.Date: 1840