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The search for a cure for endometriosis

Discover how a white American doctor’s experimental operations on black female slaves laid the foundations for modern gynaecological surgery.

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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction

Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.

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Colonialism and the origins of skin bleaching

The widespread practice of skin bleaching was heavily influenced by the Western colonisation and slavery of African and South Asian countries. Ngunan Adamu explores this toxic history.

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Unravelling genetic origins from the potato to cinchona

Starting with the humble potato, Nataly Allasi Canales reveals how researchers unearth the genetic origins of modern plant varieties, and explains why their work is so important for biodiversity.

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  • Two young men with bare chests with an American flag wrapped around them, one holds a condom; advertisement for safe sex by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Warwick May.
  • Two impressions of a personified condom boxing a figure wearing a vest bearing the words 'HIV' and 'AIDS'; an AIDS prevention advertisement by Amfar (American Foundation for AIDS Research) in Nepali. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A history of nursing : the evolution of nursing systems from the earliest times to the foundation of the first English and American training schools for nurses / by M. Adelaide Nutting ... and Lavinia L. Dock.
  • A history of nursing : the evolution of nursing systems from the earliest times to the foundation of the first English and American training schools for nurses / by M. Adelaide Nutting ... and Lavinia L. Dock.
  • A history of nursing : the evolution of nursing systems from the earliest times to the foundation of the first English and American training schools for nurses / by M. Adelaide Nutting ... and Lavinia L. Dock.
  • A history of nursing : the evolution of nursing systems from the earliest times to the foundation of the first English and American training schools for nurses / by M. Adelaide Nutting ... and Lavinia L. Dock.
  • A history of nursing : the evolution of nursing systems from the earliest times to the foundation of the first English and American training schools for nurses / by M. Adelaide Nutting ... and Lavinia L. Dock.
  • A history of nursing : the evolution of nursing systems from the earliest times to the foundation of the first English and American training schools for nurses / by M. Adelaide Nutting ... and Lavinia L. Dock.
  • A beach littered with numerous people in a variety of dress and engaged in various activities against a blue and white fence bordered with tall buildings at the top; a message about hope in the fight against AIDS. Colour lithograph by James Rizzi, 1996.
  • A black woman wearing glasses and a head scarf holds up a condom packet; advertisment about the dangers of drugs, sex and AIDS by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Lithograph by Warwick May, 1991.
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