Stories
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The ‘undesirable epileptic’
Abused in her marriage for being 'a sick woman', Aparna Nair looked to history to make sense of the response to her epilepsy. She discovered how centuries of fear and discrimination were often endorsed by science and legislation.
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The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
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The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet
Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.
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The joys and failures of audio description
Audio description enhances the experience of watching a film or TV show for people with a visual impairment, but it's not widely available in the UK. Alex Lee explains why.
Catalogue
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The International and comparative law quarterly
Date: 1952-- Books
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Traité des exhumations juridiques : et considérations sur les changemens physiques que les cadavres éprouvent en se pourrissant dans la terre, dans l'eau, dans les fosses d'aisance et dans le fumier / par M. Orfila et par O. Lesueur.
Orfila, Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure, 1787-1853.Date: 1831- Archives and manuscripts
Transform : briefings and publications
Date: November 2002Reference: PP/IDD/A/10/32Part of: Iddon, Brian- Books
The law of burial, cremation and exhumation / by M.R. Russell Davies ; with a foreword by Sir John Cameron.
Russell Davies, M. R. (Maurice Robert)Date: 1965- Archives and manuscripts
Register of Directors
Cooper McDougall & Robertson Limited: Cooper McDougall & Robertson (Scotland) Limited, 1925-?Date: 5 May 1930 - Oct 1961Reference: WF/C/S/05/05Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd