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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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The child whose town rejected vaccines
Gloucester, 1896. Ethel Cromwell is taken ill at the height of Britain’s last great smallpox epidemic.
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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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Getting under the skin
Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.
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In His Majesty's High Court of Appeals for Prizes. The Karel den Vyfden, Joan Gaston, Master. John Peter Du Roveray, of London, Merchant, Claimant of the said Ship and Cargo, on behalf of divers neutral Subjects - - - Appellant. Stephen Casey, Commander of the Private Ship of War the Regulator, the Captor of the said Ship and Cargo - - - - - - Respondent. Appendix to the captor's and respondent's case.
Great Britain. Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes.Date: 1788]- Books
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The karel den Vyfden, Jean Gaston, master. John Peter Du Roveray, of London, Merchant, a Subject of our Sovereign Lord the King, the Claimant of the said Ship, her Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture, and all and singular the Goods, Wares, Merchandizes, and Private Adventures laden therein, - - - - - - - Appellant. Against Stephen Casey, Commander of the Private Ship of War the Regulator, the Captor, - - Respondent. Appendix to the Appellant's case.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Appeals in Prize Causes. The Karel den Vyfden, Jean Gaston, Master. John Peter Du Roveray, of London, Merchant, a Subject of our Sovereign Lord the King, the Claimant of the said Ship and Cargo, - - - - Appellant. Against Stephen Casey, Commander of the Private Ship of War the Regulator, the Captor thereof, - - - - - - Respondent. Case on behalf of the Claimant and Appellant.
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The law of executions: or, a treatise shewing and explaining the nature of executions in several rules, and who may sue execution or not, and against what persons. By and out of what Court Execution to be Awarded. The several Sorts of Execution, and when to be Sued out. To what time Execution shall relate, as to Lands, as to Goods. Executions joint or several. Capias ad Satisfac'. Fiori facias, how the Property of the Goods is altered by the Sheriffs Seizure, or not. Stat. 29 Car. 2 c. 3. explained. Habere fac' possessionem. What Execution after Ca' Sa', Elegit, &c. Scire-Facias, the Nature and Reason of it, and Process. Elegit. Levari facias. Extent, the Nature of it. Of Re-Extent. Stat. 32 ... 8. c. 5. explained. What Things are extendible, and in hands of whom. Where the Conusee, &c. shall hold the Land over. Execution in reference to the King's Prerogative. Liberate. Statute Merchant, Staple, and on 23 H. 6. the Diversity of their Natures. Recognisances. Scire facias on Recognisance against the Bail; and Pleadings. Declarations and Pleadings on Statutes and Recognisances. Pleas after Judgment. Of Discharging of Executions by several ways. Of Restitution. All Illustrated and Explained, in Subdivisions, by our Book Cases, Reports, and Presidents. By S. C. Esq; author of Lex custumaria.
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An Act to make an attempt on the life of a privy councellor, in the execution of his office, to be felony without benefit of clergy.
Great Britain.Date: 1711]