Stories
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A medical history of smoking, from cure to killer
Today smoking is seen publicly as a deadly vice, privately perhaps as more of a guilty pleasure. Follow tobacco’s journey over the centuries from medical remedy to killer carcinogen.
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Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
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The men who meddled with nature
The ‘acclimatisation societies’ of the 19th century sought to ‘improve’ on the natural world by releasing non-native species into the wild. The effects were disastrous.
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Colonialism and the origins of skin bleaching
The widespread practice of skin bleaching was heavily influenced by the Western colonisation and slavery of African and South Asian countries. Ngunan Adamu explores this toxic history.
Catalogue
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Europeans, science and technology.
Date: 2005- Archives and manuscripts
Europeans for Medical Progress
Turtle, HenryDate: 2004-2006Reference: PP/HTL/B/5Part of: Henry Turtle: anti-vivisection movement papers- Books
Europeans' attitudes towards climate change : report.
Date: 2008- Books
Europeans' attitudes towards animal cloning : analytical report.
Date: 2008- Books
Europeans, science and technology / European Commission, Research Directorate-General.
European Commission. Directorate General for Research.Date: 2002
