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The power of unicorns

Discover the unlikely connection between pharmaceuticals and unicorns.

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The doctor who challenged the unicorn myth

Our era of fake news and medical misinformation is nothing new. Estelle Paranque relays the thrusts and parries of a 440-year-old row over a magical cure-all, the unicorn horn.

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Shakespeare and the four humours

Blood. Phlegm. Black bile. Yellow bile. The theory of the four humours informed many of Shakespeare's best-known characters, including the phlegmatic Falstaff.

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Why the world needs collectors

Those who collect play an important role as “facilitators of curiosity”, says Anna Faherty.

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  • Portraits and letters of King Henry VIII
  • Portraits and letters of King Henry VIII
  • Portrait of Sir Henry Dale and King Gustav. Photograph from Sir Henry Dale.
  • Australia: an Aboriginal woman. Albumen print by Henry King.
  • King Henry VI. Etching by G. Gabrielli, 1875.
  • King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, King Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth of York. Engraving by G. Vertue after R. van Leemput after H. Holbein.
  • Portrait of King Henry IV of France, 16thC.
  • King Richard III holds a bloody sword, the dead body of King Henry VI lies on the ground. Watercolour by Richard Dadd, 1853.
  • Sir Michael Perrin, Sir Henry Hallett Dale and the King of Sweden (?). Photograph.
  • An Aboriginal man with a scarification on his shoulder. Photograph by Henry King, ca. 1890.
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