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Identifying skin lightening agents in cosmetics

Could your moisturiser be damaging your health? If it contains skin-lightening agents, the answer is yes. But this is an area where consumers definitely do not have the upper hand.

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The enigma of the medieval folding almanac

With its combination of rich, portable data and high-end style, this folding almanac could have been the medieval equivalent of the latest iPhone.

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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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Death around the world in ten objects

Death is many things to many cultures: violent, holy, frightening, calm, disgusting... or just a gateway to another life.

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  • Boxwood Containers No.1
  • Boxwood Containers No.1
  • Containers & packaging for Wellcome chloroform
  • A tea plantation in China: workers prepare lead for tea containers. Coloured aquatint, early 19th century.
  • An easel, a canvas on a stretcher and three containers for oil. Engraving by R. Bénard after Bourgeois.
  • Iron forging: interior view, beating and cutting of iron containers with various tools of the trade. Etching after G. Juliet.
  • Ancient Roman (?) toilet accessories: sixteen figures, including combs, a mirror and various containers. Etching by A. Ottieri after V. Mollame, 18--?.
  • Ancient Roman (?) bath and bathing accessories: nine figures, including scrapers and oil containers. Etching by A. Ottieri after V. Mollame, 18--?.
  • Gold ring with container; Swiss.
  • Amuletic flask or container of crystal.
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