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Drops of water

In the compulsory isolation of lockdown, Daisy Lafarge’s repeated visits – via a new microscope – to the miniature worlds contained by drops of pond water provided her with the company and escapism she craved.

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On nature cures and taking the waters

When chilly outdoor swims began to chip away at her depression, Jessica J Lee was drawn to a closer study of the complex natural world around her.

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Notes upon arrival

In an effort to feel at home back in the country of her birth, poet Bhanu Kapil recognises the small revelations of nature in a chilly UK spring as a way to reconnect.

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In pursuit of purity

Many cultures associate physical cleanliness with spiritual purity, while disease and dirt are signs of moral pollution.

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  • A water-mill, surrounded by vignettes showing the use of mill machinery. Colour lithograph by C. Bethmont.
  • Methods of irrigation practised in India: use of bullocks to raise water from a well. Wood engraving by A.H., 1874.
  • Kayo, an artist stating that only water-based lubricants are safe to use to prevent AIDS; an advertisement by Folkhälsoinstitutet. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • A boy washing his face beneath a leaky tin hanging from a tree: saving and use of water in Kenya. Colour lithograph by AMREF, ca. 2000.
  • Cana of Galilee, Israel: an ancient water fountain in use. Engraving by V. Pillement, J.L.C. Pauquet and F.N.B. Dequevauviller after L.F. Cassas.
  • A regiment of clyster-wielding apothecaries orchestrated by General George Mouton de Lobau; representing his use of water-cannons in quelling riots. Lithograph by J.C., 1831.
  • General Georges Mouton sits perched on an enormous clyster; representing his use of a prototype water-cannon in quelling an uprising. Lithograph after A. Desperret after Charles Philipon, c. 1831.
  • Chloroplasts are found in the cells of plants that conduct photosynthesis. They absorb sunlight and use it along with water and carbon dioxide gas (CO2) to produce food for the plant.
  • A dissertation on the use of sea-water in the diseases of the glands. Particularly the scurvy, jaudice, king's-evil, leprosy, and the glandular consumption / Translated from the Latin ... by an eminent physician.
  • A hybrid of a cannon and a clyster is attended by General Georges Mouton and Gabriel Delessert, the chief of police; representing their use of the water-cannon to dispel an uprising. Coloured lithograph.
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