Stories
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Bleeding healthy
For thousands of years, and in many different cultures, people have practised bloodletting for health and medical reasons. Julia Nurse explains where and when bleeding was used, how it was done, and why.
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Blood
Discover the history, mythology and taboos around blood and menopause, and hear from some contemporary voices about their experiences of periods and the onset of menopause.
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Nymphomania and hypersexuality in women and men
The history of nymphomania is closely bound with society's views on women and their sexuality.
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When monarchs healed the sick
Our current Queen fortunately doesn’t have to spend hours laying hands on the sick to cure them. But it was a different story for monarchs of the early modern era, whose touch was a sought-after treatment for scrofula.
Catalogue
- Books
Leeches and cupping.
Date: 1940- Digital Images
- Online
Leeches. Histoires Prodigieuses, Pierrie Boaistuau
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Leeches in my breeches / Ted Williams.
Williams, Ted.Date: 1982- Books
Leeches, lampreys, and other cold-blooded blood-suckers / Gail LaBonte.
LaBonte, Gail.Date: 1991- Books
Leeches to lasers : sketches of a medical family / Richard Moore.
Moore, Richard, 1930-Date: 2002