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Deadly stinks and life-saving aromas in plague-stricken London

In the plague-ravaged London of 1665, could perfume really save your life?

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Socialisation

We are sponges in the sink of society.

  • Article

Conflicted and confused about lithium

Covid-19 left Laura Grace Simpkins out of work and living back with her parents. She now had time to restart her research into her medication, but was she mad to continue?

  • Article

The case of the cancerous stomach

Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.

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  • Firm favourites. No.121, Sponge rings / Chivers & Sons, Ltd.
  • Firm favourites. No.121, Sponge rings / Chivers & Sons, Ltd.
  • Contraceptive cellulose sponge, 'Clinocap' brand.
  • Ulcer after treatment by sponge grafting
  • Green's sponge mixture : how to make a delicious sponge sandwich : illustrated with photographs / H.J. Green & Co., Ltd.
  • Green's sponge mixture : how to make a delicious sponge sandwich : illustrated with photographs / H.J. Green & Co., Ltd.
  • Green's sponge mixture : how to make a delicious sponge sandwich : illustrated with photographs / H.J. Green & Co., Ltd.
  • Green's sponge mixture : how to make a delicious sponge sandwich : illustrated with photographs / H.J. Green & Co., Ltd.
  • Green's sponge mixture : how to make a delicious sponge sandwich : illustrated with photographs / H.J. Green & Co., Ltd.
  • Green's sponge mixture : how to make a delicious sponge sandwich : illustrated with photographs / H.J. Green & Co., Ltd.
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