Stories
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Revelations of blindness in the Middle Ages
Medieval texts, from Islamic medical treatises to Christian books of miracles, reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. But when medieval scholar Jude Seal experienced visual impairment themselves, they gained an even deeper understanding of the lives they were studying.
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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What the nose doesn’t know
Losing her sense of smell for over a year motivated Stephanie Howard-Smith to sniff out the history of treatments for this unsettling condition.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Hewett, Anthony (& others)
Hewett, AnthonyDate: Mid 17th century - early 18th centuryReference: MS.348- Books
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A short discourse concerning miracles, in a letter to a friend.
Date: 1702- Books
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A short discourse concerning miracles, in a letetr [sic] to a friend.
Date: 1702- Books
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A brief discourse concerning the credibility of miracles and revelation. Wherein the credibility of the Gospel miracles is shewn, notwithstanding all later Miracles may be rejected as fictitious. To which is added, a postscript in answer to the Lord Bishop of Lichfield's charge to his clergy. By Arthur Ashley Sykes, D.D.
Sykes, Arthur Ashley, 1683 or 1684-1756.Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Books
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A dissertation on miracles, designed to shew, that they are arguments of a divine interposition, and absolute proofs of the mission and doctrine of a prophet. By Hugh Farmer.
Farmer, Hugh, 1714-1787.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]