Stories
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Drawing the human animal
We might try to deny our animal instincts, but this series of extraordinary 17th-century drawings suggests they are only too apparent.
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On contagion
Reading descriptions of the way humans become infested by parasitic flatworms, Daisy Lafarge experienced painful physical symptoms. Perhaps the very creature she was studying had invaded her body.
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Losing touch
In these pandemic times, when touch has become taboo, Agnese Reginaldo explores the importance of physical contact to our wellbeing.
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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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Monkeys.
Date: 1946-7- Film
Monkeys.
Date: 1946-7- Archives and manuscripts
Monkeys.
Date: 1946-1947Reference: PP/RKF/B.19/4Part of: Freudenberg, Rudolph Karl (1908-1993) and Freudenberg, Gerda (née Vorster) (1906-1995)- Archives and manuscripts
`Monkeys'
Date: 1962-1974Reference: PP/BOW/J.3/3Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Archives and manuscripts
Monkeys.
Date: 1946-1947Reference: PP/RKF/B.19/4aPart of: Freudenberg, Rudolph Karl (1908-1993) and Freudenberg, Gerda (née Vorster) (1906-1995)