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Good animals, bad humans?

Could an animal be more evolved than a human? Victorian psychologists thought that in some cases the answer could be ‘yes’.

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More hair grows on your eyeball than your armpit.

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My body, my hair

To depilate or not to depilate? Farah Esset and Eden Rickson share a collection of personal pictures and stories that explore the intimate interplay between body hair and identity.

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The tradesman who confronted the pestilence

The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.

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  • An armpit (with a growth ?). Photograph, ca. 1890.
  • An operation in progress: an incision in the armpit. Photograph by Félix Méheux, ca. 1900.
  • An operation in progress: a metal clip in an incision in the armpit. Photograph by Félix Méheux, ca. 1900.
  • An operation in progress: a metal surgical implement is placed inside an incision in the armpit. Photograph by Félix Méheux, ca. 1900.
  • An operation in progress: a metal surgical implement is placed inside an incision in the armpit. Photograph by Félix Méheux, ca. 1900.
  • A breast operation to remove a lump, in progress: scarring to the armpit following the operation. Photograph by Félix Méheux, ca. 1900.
  • A Chinese man displaying symptoms of an axillary carbuncle on his armpit. Coloured line block print by Chiang Yee, after a Chinese artist, 1920/1940?.
  • A breast operation to remove a lump, in progress: an incision in the armpit which has been sewn up. Photograph by Félix Méheux, ca. 1900.
  • The circulatory system: dissection of the upper arm, shoulder and armpit, with arteries and blood vessels indicated in red. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.
  • A breast operation to remove a lump, in progress: a metal surgical implement is placed inside an incision in the armpit. Photograph by Félix Méheux, ca. 1900.
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