Stories
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Fantastic beasts and unnatural history
Find out how a 17th-century compendium of the natural world came to present fantastical beasts –like dragons – as real, living creatures.
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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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A brief history of ventilation
As ventilators continue to play an important part in helping very ill coronavirus patients, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris traces their development from the first attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation through centuries of medical crises.
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The hidden history of homesickness
Gail Tolley delves into the history of homesickness and discovers that its rich past holds a clue to how we view the experience today.
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Catalogue
- Journals
Society for the History of Natural History newsletter.
Date: 1983-- Journals
Report on the British Museum (Natural History).
British Museum (Natural History)Date: 1966-- Books
From xylography to holography : five centuries of natural history illustration / by Gavin D.R. Bridson.
Bridson, Gavin D. R. (Gavin Douglas Ruthven), 1936-Date: 1989- Books
Catalogue of primates in the British Museum (Natural History). Pt. 1, Families Callitrichidae and Cebidae / Prudence Hero Napier.
Napier, P. H. (Prue H.)Date: 1976- Books
A history of geology and medicine / edited by C.J. Duffin, The Natural History Museum, London, UK, R.T.J. Moody, Kingston University, London, UK, and C. Gardner-Thorpe, University of Exeter Medical School, UK.
Date: [2013]