Stories
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The cinchona tree, malaria and colonisation
Ever since the discovery of cinchona bark as a treatment for malaria in 17th-century South America, the cinchona tree has accompanied European colonisation around the world. Kim Walker tracks the human and ecological impact of this global commodity.
- Article
Nymphomania and hypersexuality in women and men
The history of nymphomania is closely bound with society's views on women and their sexuality.
- Article
Parks and politics in Brixton’s past and present
Gentrification is creeping along Railton Road, but racial inequality still lingers in memories of the 1980s, and in the continuing lack of green-space access.
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The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet
Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
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Watson & Cheese Andes Project
Date: 1971Reference: PP/AEM/A.320Part of: Mourant, Arthur Ernest (1904-1994)- Books
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Medical Pluralism in the Andes.
Greenway, ChristineDate: 2012- Books
The centenarians of the Andes / David Davies.
Davies, David, 1929-Date: 1975- Books
Médecins et sorciers des Andes / Patrick Braun.
Braun, Patrick.Date: 1971- Books
Plant hunters in the Andes / [Thomas Harper Goodspeed].
Goodspeed, T. H. (Thomas Harper), 1887-1966.Date: 1961
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Maladies and Medicine – Tudors, tonics and sickly Stuarts
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