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When monarchs healed the sick
Our current Queen fortunately doesn’t have to spend hours laying hands on the sick to cure them. But it was a different story for monarchs of the early modern era, whose touch was a sought-after treatment for scrofula.
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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
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Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Scrofula
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Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Scrofula
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Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Scrofula
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Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Scrofula
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Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Sabre scrofula