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Witches

Many of the women persecuted as witches in the 16th-century “witch craze” were over 50 and exhibited signs of menopause. Helen Foster suggests that the stigma of the wicked witch still affects older women and how they deal with menopause.

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Inside the mind of Ayurvedic Man’s curator, Bárbara Rodriguez Muñoz

The choices a curator makes – what goes in? what stays out? why? – are often as fascinating as the exhibition itself.

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Mapping the body

These intricate anatomical drawings show how Ayurveda practitioners have explored the human body and how it works.

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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life

The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.

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  • Evidence as to man's place in nature / by Thomas Henry Huxley.
  • Evidence as to man's place in nature / by Thomas Henry Huxley.
  • Evidence as to man's place in nature / by Thomas Henry Huxley.
  • Evidence as to man's place in nature / by Thomas Henry Huxley.
  • [Wellcome MS Persian 474].
  • [Wellcome MS Persian 474].
  • Mary Toft (Tofts) appearing to give birth to rabbits in the presence of several surgeons and man-midwives sent from London to examine her. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.
  • Mary Toft (Tofts) appearing to give birth to rabbits in the presence of several surgeons and man-midwives sent from London to examine her. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.
  • A male écorché figure holding the skin of his legs in his right hand and the skin of his arms in his left hand. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • A male écorché figure holding the skin of his legs in his right hand and the skin of his arms in his left hand. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
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