Stories
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Indian botanicals and heritage wars
Colonial botanical texts, as astonishingly beautiful as they are, may cast very dark shadows.
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The unexpected parallels between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Wellcome Collection
With the news of a sequel in development, Russell Dornan explores parallels between ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and Wellcome Collection.
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Diagnosing OCD in the past
Mining the writings of and about famous historical figures, retrospective psychologists try to diagnose their mental health problems. But, inevitably, partial evidence is open to misinterpretation.
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Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
Catalogue
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Dialogues in late medieval and early modern English medical writing / Irma Taavitsainen.
Taavitsainen, Irma.Date: [1999], ©1999- Books
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The doctors physician, or, Dialogues concerning health / translated out of the original French.
Frémont d'Ablancourt, Nicolas, 1625?-1693.Date: 1685- Books
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Dialogues of the dead. Written in French by the Archbishop of Cambray, translated into English from the best Paris edition.
Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715.Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Books
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Dialogues of Lucian. From the Greek.
Lucian, of Samosata.Date: [1774-98]- Books
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A plurality of worlds. Written in French by the author of the Dialogues of the dead. Translated into English by Mr. Glanvill.
Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), 1657-1757.Date: 1702