Stories
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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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Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
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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.
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Renaissance women and their killer cosmetics
In this extract from ‘How to be a Renaissance Woman’, Jill Burke delves into a complex world of beauty products, poison and patriarchy – and reveals the impossible contradictions of femininity faced by 16th-century women.
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Lice and rheumatism amongst soldiers / Lauder Brunton.
Brunton, T. Lauder (Thomas Lauder), 1844-1916Date: 1915- Books
Lice and their menace to man / by Lieut. Ll. Lloyd.
Lloyd, Ll.Date: 1919- Student dissertations
Lice, flies and bed-bugs : the development of domestic entomology in Britain, 1900-1945 / Hina Gauher.
Gauher, Hina.Date: 2006- Archives and manuscripts
Head Lice Working party
Health Education CouncilDate: 1975-1978Reference: SA/HEC/B/12/1Part of: Health Education Council and Health Education Authority- Archives and manuscripts
Head Lice
Health Education CouncilDate: 1975-1978Reference: SA/HEC/B/12Part of: Health Education Council and Health Education Authority