Stories
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A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
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Bubbles of history
Since the 1960s, scientists have been able to study the air from past centuries by analysing particles in Arctic ice samples. But as the polar ice melts, the future of this research is changing.
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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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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 Goulstonian Lectures on the life-history of the malaria germ outside the human body / by Patrick Manson.
Manson, Patrick, Sir, 1844-1922.Date: [1896]- Books
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Elements of the practice of physic, in two parts. Part I. Containing, The Natural History of the Human Body. Part II. The History and Methods of Treating Fevers, and Internal Inflammations. By Geo. Fordyce, M. D. F.R.S. Senior Physician to St. Thomas's Hospital, and Reader on the Practice of Physic, in London.
Fordyce, George, 1736-1802.Date: M.DCC.XCI. [1791]- Videos
This true book of ours : the human body.
Date: 1992- Books
Concerning beards : facial hair, health and practice in England 1650-1900 / Alun Withey.
Withey, AlunDate: 2021- Pictures
A human anatomical figure. Drawing, Nepalese, ca. 1800 (?).
Date: 1800Reference: 574912i