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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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Making sunstroke insanity

Medical historian Dr Kristin Hussey takes a closer look at sunstroke and mental illness, and how, in the late 19th century, they connected at the crossroads of colonial science and the idea of whiteness.

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Native Americans through the 19th-century lens

The stories behind Rinehart's photographs may not be as black and white as they first appear.

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When kids are offered free cosmetic surgery

When they were a child, Jasmine Owens’ dentist offered to break their jaw – for free. It would make them look better, he said. Read on to find out whether or not they agreed.

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  • Edward Hatton. Line engraving by R. White, 1696.
  • Edward Hatton. Line engraving by R. White, 1696, after himself.
  • Workers raking earth into a ditch watched by men in white hats and suits. Photograph by Edward Pigott Minett, 1910/1920 (?).
  • A white fronted heron. Etching by S. T. Edwards after A. Latham.
  • Cudweed (Gnaphalium congestum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by C. White, c. 1817, after S. Edwards.
  • A campion plant (Silene species): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving by C. White, c. 1817, after S. Edwards.
  • Eddie Edwards, an actor in drag, wearing a white fabric robe, holding a bouquet of flowers. Photographic postcard by L.E. Muller, 191-.
  • Eddie Edwards, an actor in drag, wearing a white fabric robe, holding a bouquet of flowers. Photographic postcard by L.E. Muller, 191-.
  • [Leaflet advertising farewell appearances (prior to their departure for Paris) by The Royal American Midgets: General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Piccadilly Hall, London (1884?). Printed on white paper].
  • [Leaflet advertising farewell appearances (prior to their departure for Paris) by The Royal American Midgets: General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Piccadilly Hall, London (1884?). Printed on white paper].
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