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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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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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The father of handwashing
Doctors performing autopsies and then delivering babies – with not a hint of soap in between – was the grim recipe producing a lot of motherless offspring in the 1800s. But one man’s gargantuan efforts to upend accepted medical thinking turned the tide.
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Linen Board. 11th May, 1791. The trustees of the linen and hempen manufactures give this public notice, ...
Linen and Hempen Manufactures of Ireland.Date: 1794]- Books
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Charter of the British Linen Company.
British Linen Company.Date: M.DCC.XLVI. [1746]- Archives and manuscripts
British Linen Bank Book of Cheques
Date: c.1948Reference: DGH1/4/5/3Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Books
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Observations on the importance of national manufactures; And particularly on the Linen Manufacture.
Date: M,DCC,LXXX. [1780]- Books
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Considerations on the present state of the linen manufacture. Humbly addressed to the trustees of the Linen-Board.
Stephenson, Robert, Linen Manufacturer.Date: Printed in the Year, MDCCLIV. [1754]