Stories
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Parasites and pests from the medieval to the modern
Humans have been reluctant hosts to a plethora of unpleasant parasites for centuries. And medieval evidence shows our modern distaste for these little irritations is just as ancient.
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Coleridge’s hypochondria
An intense focus on his own bodily sensations led poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to self-medicate with narcotics. But this fascination also put Coleridge ahead of the medical sensibilities of his day.
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Bleeding healthy
For thousands of years, and in many different cultures, people have practised bloodletting for health and medical reasons. Julia Nurse explains where and when bleeding was used, how it was done, and why.
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Living with less for spiritual gain
Today, a minimalist lifestyle is trumpeted as a route to happiness. Find out what religious ascetics from history and modern proponents of the spartan-looking home can teach us.
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An introduction to the study of secretion / by Swale Vincent.
Vincent, Swale, 1868-1934.Date: 1924
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Physiology of secretion.
Mathews, Albert P.Date: 1898
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Experimentelle Untersuchungen über die innere Sekretion der Keimdrüsen und deren Beziehung zum Gesamtorganismus / von W. Harms.
Harms, Wilhelm.Date: 1914
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I. N. J. Dissertatio inauguralis medica de secretionibus et excretionibus : quam auspice deo triuno archiatro summo consensu et auctoritate inclytae et gratiosissimae facultatis medicae in alma Argentoratensium Universitate pro licentia summos in arte medica honores et privilegia doctoralia rite capessendi / solenni eruditorum examini subjicit Johannes Philippus Elvert, Spirensis. Ad diem [blank] Januarij Anno M DCC XIV.
Elvert, Johann Philipp.Date: [1714]
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Dissertatio physiologica, de secretionum in humano corpore mechanismo / Cujus veritatem, deo duce & auspice dei-Parâ, tueri conabitur, in Augustissimo Monspeliensis Apollinis fano ab horâ octavâ ad meridiem die mensis martiii anni 1748, Claudius Dechavane, ... . ; Pro Primâ Apollinari Laureâ consequendâ.
Dechavane, Claudius.Date: 1748