Stories
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History of condoms from animal to rubber
Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.
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Divining the world through an artist’s almanac
Amanda Couch's artists book, 'Huwawa in the Everyday: an almanac' is inspired by the entrail like folds of a medieval folding and its function as a guide for astrological divinations linking the body, health and the heavens. Like the original almanac her work is designed to be carried out into the wider world.
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The case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
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Parasites and pests from the medieval to the modern
Humans have been reluctant hosts to a plethora of unpleasant parasites for centuries. And medieval evidence shows our modern distaste for these little irritations is just as ancient.
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Intestine in a case of dysentery
Perry, Joseph- Digital Images
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Intestine from a case of typhoid fever
St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives & Museum- Digital Images
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Intestine from a case of acute dysentery
Godart, Thomas- Digital Images
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Intestine showing the spontaneous cure of intussusception of the gut
Godart, Thomas- Digital Images
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Intestine with a Peyer's patch from a case of enteric fever
Delamotte, William Alfred