Stories
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
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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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Renaissance women and their killer cosmetics
In this extract from ‘How to be a Renaissance Woman’, Jill Burke delves into a complex world of beauty products, poison and patriarchy – and reveals the impossible contradictions of femininity faced by 16th-century women.
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William Harvey and the circulation of the blood.
Date: 1978- Archives and manuscripts
Lithium - Lundbeck
Date: 1948-1985Reference: PP/MLV/C/12/6Part of: Vogt, Dr Marthe Louise (1903-2003)- Books
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William Harvey : a history of the discovery of the circulation of the blood / by R. Willis ; with a portrait of Harvey, after Faithorne.
Date: 1878- Books
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Die Entdeckung des Blutkreislaufs durch Michael Servet, 1511-1553 / von Henri Tollin.
Tollin Henri, 1833-1902.Date: 1876- Books
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Harvey and his discovery / by J.M. Da Costa.
Date: 1879