Stories
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Communities of cross-feeders
A desire to help leads some women to “cross-feed” – breastfeed other parents’ babies for free. Alev Scott delves into the emotions behind this altruistic act.
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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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Intelligence testing, race and eugenics
Specious ideas and assumptions about intelligence that were born during the great flourishing of eugenics well over 100 years ago still inform the British education system today, as Nazlin Bhimani reveals.
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Devilry and doom in 1666
Disastrous events and a significant combination of numbers signalled the end – or perhaps a new beginning – in 1666. But for some, this feverish period fuelled unprecedented inventiveness and development.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Jews' College, London
Date: 1972-1979Reference: PP/EBC/H.51-H.52Part of: Chain, Professor Sir Ernst Boris- Books
Jews in dermatology / K. Holubar.
Holubar, Karl.Date: 1986- Books
Jews, medicine, and medieval society : Joseph Shatzmiller.
Shatzmiller, Joseph.Date: [1994], ©1994- Books
Jews and India : perceptions and image / Yulia Egorova.
Egorova, Yulia.Date: 2006- Pictures
- Online
Jews' Hospital, New York City. Coloured wood engraving.
Reference: 18490i