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A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
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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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A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
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Papers relating to Lindley Murray (1745 - 1826)
Date: 1795-1967Reference: RET/8/10/1/3Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
The Biochemical Society
Biochemical SocietyDate: c.1895 - 2006Reference: SA/BIO- Books
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A catalogue of a choice and valuable collection of books, and curious tracts, chiefly relative to English history, many of them elegantly bound in Morocco, Russia, &c. among them are Chauncy's Herefordshire, Atkin's Gloucester, large paper, Thoroton's Nottingham, Bridges's Northamptonshire, Nash's Worcestershire, Sandford's Genealogical History, Tanner's Notitia Monastica, Chronicles by Fabian and Froissart, best Edition, D'anville's Atlas, Biographica Brittannica, by Dr. Kippis, &c. Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth, illustrated with curious Portraits, Memoirs de Grammont, Lord Orford's Works, large paper, Strutt's Antiquities of England, Archalogia, Vetusta Monumenta, published by the Antiquarian Society. - The Tracts consist chiefly of the Time of Charles I. and the Common-Wealth; many of them with uncommon Wood-Cuts and Portraits, Which will be Sold by Auction, By Mr. Richardson, At his House, No. 31, the Corner of Villier-Street, in the Strand, On Wednesday, January 22, 1800, And the Six following Days, at 12 o'clock.
Richardson, William, active 1778-1815.Date: 1800]- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7
Date: Aug 1903 - Jul 1904Reference: WF/E/01/01/07Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 3 ['Letter Book 3']
Date: Mar 1890 - Nov 1896Reference: WF/E/01/01/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd