Stories
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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Indian botanicals and heritage wars
Colonial botanical texts, as astonishingly beautiful as they are, may cast very dark shadows.
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Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
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Would you like to buy a unicorn?
The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.
Catalogue
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Lowdham, Caleb (fl. 1665-1712), surgeon, Exeter
Lowdham, Caleb, fl. 1665-1712.Date: Late 17th century - early 18th centuryReference: MS.7073- Books
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Shakspere's family as patients.
Griffiths, L. M. (Lemuel Matthews)Date: [1891]- Pictures
A patient jumping up and screaming with pain while a surgeon is treating his leg; an onlooking woman seems to be pleading with the surgeon. Etching by J.G. van Vliet, c. 1630.
Reference: 22556i- Books
Leerer Raum in Minervas Haus : experimentelle Naturlehre an der Universität Leiden, 1675 - 1715 / Gerhard Wiesenfeldt.
Wiesenfeldt, Gerhard.Date: 2002- Books
Rape in the republic, 1609-1725 : formulating Dutch identity / by Amanda Pipkin.
Pipkin, Amanda (Amanda Cathryn)Date: 2013