Stories
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
- Book extract
Sockets and stumps
Historian Emily Mayhew has met soldiers who have survived the seemingly unsurvivable. Here, she explores the part prosthetics play in the process of military rehabilitation.
- Article
Why gene editing can never eliminate disability
In a world where DNA testing and gene editing offer ways to eliminate certain disabilities, Jaipreet Virdi explores a more accepting and inclusive approach.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
Catalogue
- Books
Ancient science and modern civilization / George Sarton.
Sarton, George, 1884-1956.Date: [1954]- Books
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Jews in early modern Poland / edited by Gershon David Hundert.
Date: 1997- Books
Defining dominion : the discourses of magic and witchcraft in early modern France and Germany / Gerhild Scholz Williams.
Scholz Williams, Gerhild, 1942-Date: [1995], ©1995- Books
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Social and cultural boundaries in pre-modern Poland / edited by Adam Teller, Magda Teter and Antony Polonsky.
Date: 2010- Books
Charity and children in Renaissance Florence : the Ospedale degli Innocenti, 1410-1536 / Philip Gavitt.
Gavitt, Philip, 1950-2020.Date: 1990