Stories
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The doctor who challenged the unicorn myth
Our era of fake news and medical misinformation is nothing new. Estelle Paranque relays the thrusts and parries of a 440-year-old row over a magical cure-all, the unicorn horn.
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Fantastic beasts and unnatural history
Find out how a 17th-century compendium of the natural world came to present fantastical beasts –like dragons – as real, living creatures.
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Ambroise Paré. Photogravure.
Reference: 7617i- Archives and manuscripts
Ambroise Paré
Date: 19th-20th centuryReference: RAMC/1171/1Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Pictures
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Ambroise Paré. Woodcut, 1582.
Reference: 7619i- Pictures
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Ambroise Paré. Woodcut, 1612.
Reference: 7620i- Pictures
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Ambroise Paré. Line engraving.
Reference: 7622i