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Cowpox, Covid-19 and Jenner’s vaccination legacy

The well-known story of vaccination pioneer Edward Jenner has at its heart his drive to make vaccines free of charge and available to all. Now his principles extend to the global campaign for a people’s patent-free vaccine for Covid-19.

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The law of periodicity for menstruation

Dr Edward Clarke's Law of Periodicity claimed that females who were educated alongside their male peers were developing their minds at the expense of their reproductive organs.

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Guide dogs or good dogs from the Middle Ages

Medieval illustrations often show blind people, sometimes with dogs. But working out whether these were actually guide dogs involves a mix of detailed detective work and expert speculation.

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Lovesickness and ‘The Love Thief’

An 11th-century poem of love, lust and possibly gruesome death still resonates today.

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  • John Edward Shaw. Photograph by Lafayette Ltd, 1926.
  • Autograph letter from John Hunter to Edward Jenner.
  • John Edward Gray. Photograph attributed to Maull & Polyblank.
  • John Edward Gray. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1851.
  • Edward William Cooke. Photograph by John & Charles Watkins.
  • Harold John Edward Peake. Photograph by Elliott & Fry.
  • John Hunter, Edward Jenner, William Herschel and Humphry Davy. Engraving.
  • John Phillips. Photograph by Ernest Edwards.
  • Edward Jenner, with a view of Berkeley, Glos. Oil painting attributed to John Raphael Smith.
  • Edward Jenner, with a view of Berkeley, Glos. Oil painting attributed to John Raphael Smith.
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