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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines

From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.

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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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Mapping the body

These intricate anatomical drawings show how Ayurveda practitioners have explored the human body and how it works.

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A symbol of a lost homeland

The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.

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  • Calligraphy - Naskh (Arabic)
  • M0008126: Arabic manuscript on medicine, 15th century
  • Arabic style binding - outside of back binding board, 1632 AD
  • Arabic style binding - inside of front binding board, 1632 AD
  • Page from Kitab Tibb al-Gina wa-l-Muna an Arabic medical text concerning general medicine
  • M0007968: Jewish translator receiving an Arabic medical volume, from Singer: <i>A Short History of Medicine</i> (1928)
  • M0007968: Jewish translator receiving an Arabic medical volume, from Singer: <i>A Short History of Medicine</i> (1928)
  • M0007968: Jewish translator receiving an Arabic medical volume, from Singer: <i>A Short History of Medicine</i> (1928)
  • M0007968: Jewish translator receiving an Arabic medical volume, from Singer: <i>A Short History of Medicine</i> (1928)
  • M0007968: Jewish translator receiving an Arabic medical volume, from Singer: <i>A Short History of Medicine</i> (1928)
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