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Maria McKinney on ‘Sire’

All my grandparents were farmers; I grew up in the countryside surrounded by farms and helped neighbours herd sheep and cattle into the field. My body of work called ‘Sire’ looks at the genomics of modern cattle breeding.

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The poor child’s nurse

Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.

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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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Drawing the human animal

We might try to deny our animal instincts, but this series of extraordinary 17th-century drawings suggests they are only too apparent.

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  • Neolithic representation of bulls and ibex, Spain.
  • Bulls being gored and rounded-up by men on horseback for slaughter in Rome. Etching by B. Pinelli.
  • Two bulls fighting by a pond; frogs in the foreground. Etching by S. Howitt.
  • Two bulls engaged in a fight in an enclosure outside a thatched cottage. Etching.
  • Two bulls fighting by a pond sending frogs leaping into the water. Etching by W.-S. Howitt, ca 1800.
  • The bloodless castrator, Burdizzo pattern, for horses, bulls, sheep, pigs, etc. : instructions for use ... prices ... / Arnold & Sons.
  • The bloodless castrator, Burdizzo pattern, for horses, bulls, sheep, pigs, etc. : instructions for use ... prices ... / Arnold & Sons.
  • Men on horseback are goring bulls with spears, crowds of people are watching from the sidelines. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.
  • "Burdizzo" pincers for the bloodless castration of sheep, bulls, pigs, horses, dogs, etc. : recommended by the veterinary surgeons ... : inventor and sole maker: Dr. N. Burdizzo, Turin (Italy).
  • "Burdizzo" pincers for the bloodless castration of sheep, bulls, pigs, horses, dogs, etc. : recommended by the veterinary surgeons ... : inventor and sole maker: Dr. N. Burdizzo, Turin (Italy).
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