Stories
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Tracing the toxic story of tear gas
Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.
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The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.
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Graphic battles in pharmacy
James Morison’s campaign against the medical establishment inspired a wave of caricatures mocking his quack medicine.
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My important, ridiculous nose
The nose is a much-maligned appendage, but it’s a powerful organ capable of invoking powerful emotions from past memories and sexual attraction.
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China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
Date: 1971Reference: 660567i- Books
Vom Giftpfeil zum Chemiewaffenverbot : zur Geschichte der chemischen Kampfmittel / Dieter Martinetz.
Martinetz, Dieter.Date: 1996- Books
Secret science : a century of poison warfare and human experiments / Ulf Schmidt.
Schmidt, Ulf, 1967-Date: 2015- Books
Secrecy and science : a historical sociology of biological and chemical warfare / Brian Balmer, University College London, UK.
Balmer, Brian, 1965-Date: [2012]- Books
Keen as mustard : Britain's horrific chemical warfare experiments in Australia / Bridget Goodwin.
Goodwin, Bridget.Date: 1998