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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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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The birth of Britain's National Health Service
Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.
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Sun salutations and yoga synthesis in India
Surya namaskars, or sun salutations, have a long history in South Asia, but their place at the heart of modern yoga is more recent.
Catalogue
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The Edinburgh journal of natural and geographical science.
Date: 1829-- Books
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The history of the house : the struggle for fresh air and light / by George M. Gould.
Gould, George Milbrey, 1848-1922.Date: 1908- Books
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A journal of the Plague Year, or, Memorials of the great pestilence in London, in 1665 / by Daniel De Foe ; a new edition attentively revised and illustrated with historical notes by Edward Wedlake Brayley.
Date: 1835- Books
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Remarks on the history and etiology of cholera / by David Craigie.
Date: [1833?]- Books
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Yesterday and to-day / by Francis J. Shepherd.
Shepherd, Francis J. (Francis John), 1851-1929.Date: 1899