Stories
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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Would you like to buy a unicorn?
The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.
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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.
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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
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The cry of injured innocence. In a series of letters to Mr. James Black, minister, Dundee. By J. Auchincloss, minister, Springfield, Liff.
Auchincloss, John, -1800.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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A discourse of the nature, offices, and measures of friendship : with rules of conducting it : in a letter to M.K.P. : to which are added Two letters to persons changed in religion : also Three letters to a gentleman that was tempted to the communion of the Romish Church / written by Jer. Taylor.
Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667Date: 1671- Books
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A letter from Mr. Lee to Mr. Sheridan
Lee, John, -1781.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- Books
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Letters to and from Alexander Pope, Esq; and others.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.Date: Printed in the Year MDCCXLVIII. [1748]- Books
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Volume Vii. of the author's works: containing letters to and from Dr. J. Swift, D.S.P.D. from the year 1714, to 1738. As also, some free thoughts upon the present state of affairs.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.Date: MDCCLI. [1751]