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Paris Morgue and a public spectacle of death
Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.
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The desire for lighter skin
Discover why some Black people feel more attractive with lighter skin. Ngunan Adamu speaks to three women who explain how they got hooked on skin bleaching.
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An animated almanac for the modern world
Discover why Thomas Coleman wanted to make a medieval folding almanac relevant to the modern world and see the film for yourself.
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Sniffing glue and Scientology in the DrugScope archive
Academics on hallucinogenics, kids sniffing glue, and Scientologists recruiting drug users keen to kick the habit. Delve into Wellcome’s recently acquired DrugScope archive.
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Show Bill. Attractions at the Middlesex Music Hall 'Mogul Tavern' 167, Drury Lane on Monday 6 December 1886 includes 'Pat O'Brien, the great Irish Giant and his wife, the renowed German giants.
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An analysis of The New London pharmacopoeia, explaining the nature, principles, Elective Attractions, Qualities, Uses, and Doses of the various preparations and Compositions contained therein; and particularly calculated for the use of the junior students. By Robert White, M.D.
White, Robert, active 1786-1792.Date: M.DCC.XCII. [1792]- Books
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On the elementary principles of nature; and the simple laws by which they are governed. Being an attempt to demonstrate their existence, and to explain their mode of action; particularly in those states, in which, they Produce the Attractions of Cohesion, Gravitation, Magnetism and Electricity; and also Fire, Light, and Water. By E. Peart, M.D.
Peart, E (Edward), 1756?-1824.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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A dictionary of chemistry, Exhibiting the present State of the Theory and Practice of that Science, its Application to Natural Philosophy, the Processes of Manufactures, Metallurgy, and numerous other Arts dependant on the Properties and Habitudes of Bodies, in the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms. With a considerable number of tables, Expressing the Elective Attractions, Specific Gravities, Comparative Heats, Component Parts, Combinations, and other Affections of the Objects of Chemical Research. Illustrated with engravings. By William Nicholson. In two volumes. ...
Nicholson, William, 1753-1815.Date: M.DCC.XCV. [1795]- Archives and manuscripts
Modern Iceland: its unique health giving and climatic attractions.
Brown, William Lauzun, d.1919.Date: 1898, 1899Reference: MS.1372Part of: Brown, William Lauzun (d.1919) Physician