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We who can’t believe

Unless she falls to the floor unconscious, Anne Boyer has always ignored signs of illness. Cancer, however, made her face her fallibility.

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How an animation educated the army

In a 1940s cartoon intended to persuade US troops to take malaria medication, the makers pitted a clodhopping soldier against a wily mosquito. If only Private SNAFU had followed the government’s advice.

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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life

The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.

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The amateur silversmith

It started as hobby and soon became a passion. Geraldine Holden tells us where the art and science of silver unite.

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  • The United States Treasury, Washington D.C. Photograph, ca. 1880.
  • The physicians and surgeons of the United States / edited by William B. Atkinson.
  • Rutherford Birchard Hayes, President of the United States of America 1877-1881. Photograph, 1880.
  • A guide map to the Museum of History and Technology / United States National Museum, Smithsonian institution.
  • A guide map to the Museum of History and Technology / United States National Museum, Smithsonian institution.
  • A guide map to the Museum of History and Technology / United States National Museum, Smithsonian institution.
  • A guide map to the Museum of History and Technology / United States National Museum, Smithsonian institution.
  • A guide map to the Museum of History and Technology / United States National Museum, Smithsonian institution.
  • A guide map to the Museum of History and Technology / United States National Museum, Smithsonian institution.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: the United States Incandescent Lamp Company exhibition stand. Photograph, 1904.
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