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Sharing Nature: Parks for people

Paula Broom’s photograph of Sydney’s Centennial Park shows the complexity and joy we find in urban greenery.

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Vivekananda’s journey

How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.

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The problem of the punctured heart

During World War II a young American surgeon working in England perfected shrapnel-removal techniques that saved dozens of lives. Discover how one case sealed his reputation as the founder of cardiac surgery.

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The extraordinary body of Evatima Tardo

Darling of 19th-century American freak shows, Evatima Tardo remained serene as she withstood crucifixion and the bites of poisonous snakes. But she took the secret behind her abilities to her grave.

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  • York County Hospital, York, England. Steel engraving by H. Crown.
  • Yorkshire School for the Blind, York, England. Tinted lithograph.
  • Archbishop Holgate's School, York, England. Coloured lithograph by W. Bevan.
  • York, England: nurses and patient in the operating theatre of the York County Hospital. Photographic postcard, ca. 1915.
  • St. Leonard's Hospital, York, England: ruins. Tinted lithograph by W. Monkhouse.
  • St. Leonard's Hospital, York, England: under the foundation arches. Transfer lithograph by W. Monkhouse.
  • Micklegate Bar, Hospital of St. Thomas, York, England. Engraving by W. Byrne and T. Medland, 1782, after T. Hearne.
  • A shoeshine boy cleans the boots of a man in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1905.
  • A shoeshine boy cleans the boots of a man in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1905.
  • Two men dressed in drag having a conversation: one is injured as a result of wife-beating. Colour lithograph, 1908.
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