Stories
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The law of periodicity for menstruation
Dr Edward Clarke's Law of Periodicity claimed that females who were educated alongside their male peers were developing their minds at the expense of their reproductive organs.
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Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
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A history of twins in science
For thousands of years, twins have been a source of fascination in mythology, religion and the arts. Since the 19th century, they have also been the subject of scientific study and experimentation.
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Getting the measure of pain
In the 20th century doctors tried to find a way to measure pain. But even when ‘objective’ measures were rejected, an accurate understanding of another’s pain remained frustratingly elusive.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
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English Recipe Book, early 19th century
Date: c. 1813-c. 1859Reference: MS.7785- Archives and manuscripts
William Heberden the elder (1710-1801) and William Heberden the younger (1767-1845), physicians
Heberden, William, 1710-1801Date: late 18th century - early 19th centuryReference: MS.8832- Pictures
A soldier in 19th-century costume (hussar?) killing a big green fly by spraying it with a gun of Flit insecticide. Colour lithograph, 1930.
Date: [1930]Reference: 589481i- Archives and manuscripts
Whewell, William (1794-1866)
Whewell, William, (1794-1866)Date: early 19th century - mid 19th centuryReference: MS.8007/8Part of: Miscellany: British, mainly 19th-20th centuries- Books
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Observations on the preparation, utility, and administration of the digitalis purpurea, or foxglove, in dropsy of the chest, consumption, hemorrhage, scarlet fever, measles, &c. including a sketch of the medical history of this plant, and an account of the opinions of those authors who have written upon it, during the last thirty years / by William Hamilton.
Hamilton, William, 1772-1808.Date: 1807