Stories
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Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
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Spanish flu and the depiction of disease
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.
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The cook who became a pariah
New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.
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The power of unicorns
Discover the unlikely connection between pharmaceuticals and unicorns.
Catalogue
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Horse diseases / H.G. Belschner.
Belschner, H. G. (Herman Godfrey), 1895-1976.Date: [1969]- Books
Horse diseases / H.G. Belschner.
Belschner, H. G. (Herman Godfrey), 1895-1976.Date: [1974]- Books
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A new treatise on the diseases of horses: Wherein what is necessary to the Knowledge of a Horse, The Cure of his Diseases, and other Matters relating to that Subject, are fully discussed, in a plain and easy Manner, from many Years Practice and Experience; with the cheapest and most efficacious Remedies. By William Gibson, surgeon, In Duke-Street, Grosvenor-Square. Illustrated with thirty-two copper-plates.
Gibson, W. (William), 1680?-1750.Date: MDCCLI. [1751]- Books
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Every farmer his own farrier: or The best Methods of preventing and curing the Injuries and Diseases of that truly serviceable Creature a Horse: Laid down in A different Manner from what has hitherto appeared on this Subject: Chiefly from Cases and Facts; And performed by the cheapest Ingredients. By William Ellis, Late a Farmer at Little Gaddesden, near Hempstead, in Hertfordshire: Author of the Modern Husbandman, and other Works.
Ellis, William, approximately 1700-1758.Date: 1759- Books
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Observations and discoveries made upon horses with a new method of shoeing. Containing, I. The exact Anatomy of a Horse's Foot. II. The History of the Causes and Seat of different Diseases, said to be in the Hip, or Shoulder, which lame the Horse, and are demonstrated to be in the Foot. III. The extraordinary Effects of the Powder of Puff-Balls, in the stopping of Blood in a few Minutes; and the Arteries cicatrised by this Means only. IV. The new Method of shoeing Horses, both for preserving their Feet, and to prevent their slipping upon smooth Pavements. By the Sieur La Fosse, Farrier to the King of France. Presented to the Royal Academy of Sciences. Illustrated with several copper plates.
La Fosse, Étienne-Guillaume, -1765.Date: M,DCC,LV. [1755]