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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory

A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.

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How we visualise viruses

Discover how images of the antigens that make us sick have evolved over time and been tailored to meet the demands of different epidemics.

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The extraordinary body of Evatima Tardo

Darling of 19th-century American freak shows, Evatima Tardo remained serene as she withstood crucifixion and the bites of poisonous snakes. But she took the secret behind her abilities to her grave.

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The law of periodicity for menstruation

Dr Edward Clarke's Law of Periodicity claimed that females who were educated alongside their male peers were developing their minds at the expense of their reproductive organs.

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  • Louis Pasteur, proponent of the 'germ' theory of disease. Oil painting after A. Edelfelt.
  • Louis Pasteur, proponent of the 'germ' theory of disease. Oil painting after A. Edelfelt.
  • Titlepage of The Germ-Plasm: A Theory of Heredity by August Weismann, London, Walter Scott, 1893
  • Diagram of different generations of idants, Fig. 19 in chapter on 'Effects of Amphimixis on the Germ-Plasm', p. 239 of The Germ-Plasm: A Theory of Heredity by August Weismann, London, Walter Scott, 1893
  • Diagram of nuclear division, Fig 1 in Introduction of The Germ-Plasm: A Theory of Heredity by August Weismann, London, Walter Scott, 1893
  • Diagram of the composition of the germ-plasm in hybrids, fig. 22 in chapter 'The Phenomena of Reversion', p. 303 The Germ-Plasm: A Theory of Heredity by August Weismann, London, Walter Scott, 1893
  • A female of Daphnia pulex with eggs, fig.3 in 'Alternation of Generations', p.175 The Germ-Plasm: A Theory of Heredity by August Weismann, London, Walter Scott, 1893
  • The germ-plasm : a theory of heredity / [A. Weismann] ; translated by W. Newton Parker and Harriet Rönnfeldt.
  • The atmospheric germ theory : a lecture delivered to the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, January 17, 1868 / by John Hughes Bennett.
  • The atmospheric germ theory : a lecture delivered to the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, January 17, 1868 / by John Hughes Bennett.
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