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The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria

A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.

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The men who meddled with nature

The ‘acclimatisation societies’ of the 19th century sought to ‘improve’ on the natural world by releasing non-native species into the wild. The effects were disastrous.

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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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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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  • Institut orthopédique de la Muette (Paris, France).
  • Institut orthopédique de la Muette (Paris, France).
  • Institut orthopédique de la Muette (Paris, France).
  • Hôtel Les Invalides, Paris, France. Photograph by H.-C. Plaut.
  • Ground plan of the Hospital de la Charite, Paris, France
  • Tuileries Palace, Paris, France. Photograph by Achille Quinet, ca. 1860.
  • Hôtel de Ville, Paris, France. Photograph by Achille Quinet, ca. 1870.
  • The amphitheatre where Berthelot lectured in the College de France; Paris
  • Tuileries Palace (?), Paris, France. Photograph by Achille Quinet, ca. 1860.
  • Palais de l'Industrie, Paris, France. Photograph by Achille Quinet, ca. 1870.
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