Stories
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The cook who became a pariah
New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.
- Book extract
My important, ridiculous nose
The nose is a much-maligned appendage, but it’s a powerful organ capable of invoking powerful emotions from past memories and sexual attraction.
Catalogue
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7
Date: Aug 1903 - Jul 1904Reference: WF/E/01/01/07Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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A manual of scientific terms, pronouncing, etymological, and explanatory : chiefly comprising terms in botany, natural history, anatomy, medicine, and veterinary science : with an appendix of specific names. Designed for the use of junior medical students, and others studying one or other of these sciences / by James Stormonth.
Date: 1879- Books
Scientific terms : English - Arabic.
Date: 1982,1984- Books
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A dictionary of chemistry and the allied branches of other sciences / by Henry Watts ; assisted by eminent contributors.
Watts Henry, 1815-1884.Date: 1865-1869- Books
Cyclopaedia: or, an universal dictionary of arts and sciences ... The whole intended as a course of antient and modern learning, extracted from the best authors, dictionaries, journals, memoirs, transactions, ephemerides, &c. in several languages / By E. Chambers.
Chambers, Ephraim, approximately 1680-1740.Date: 1738