Stories
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The meanings of hurt
In the early modern period, gruesome incidents of self-castration and other types of self-injury garnished the literature of the time. Alanna Skuse explores the messages these wounds conveyed.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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The poor child’s nurse
Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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An introduction. to the English tongue; designed for a spelling book suited to all ages and capacities of children: (adorned with cuts) Containing A great Number of instructive Lessons, from the most easy possible, to the hardest; disposed in a Way so facilitating, that Children learn with Pleasure, and are excellently sirted for the Testament, or any other Book. - Large Tables of Words. - Fables. - Extracts from History. - Tables of Arithmetic. - Exercising Questions in Verse. - The Church Catechism. - Scripture Institutes and Examples. - Rules for Good Behaviour. - And other useful Instructions. The fifth edition. With additions and improvements. By the Rev. C. Marshall, Vicar of Brixworth, Northamptonshire.
Marshall, Charles, -1818.Date: [1780?]- Books
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An introduction to the English tongue; designed for a spelling book, suited to the tender capacities of children: (adorned with cuts.) Containing, A great Number of instructive Lessons, from the most easy possible, to the hardest; disposed in a Way so facilitating, that Children learn with Pleasure, and are excellently, fitted for the Testament, or any other Book. - Large Tables of Words - Fables. - Extracts from History. - The Church Catechism. - Graces and Prayers. - Rules for Good Behaviour. - An Introduction to Grammar, &c. The sixth edition: By the Rev. C. Marshall, Vicar of Brixworth, Northamptonshire.
Marshall, Charles, -1818.Date: [1785?]- Books
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The french family cook: being a complete system of French cookery. Adapted to the Tables not only of the Opulent, but of Persons of moderate Fortune and Condition. Containing Directions for choosing, dressing, and serving up all Sorts of Butcher Meat, Poultry, &c. The different Modes of making all kinds of Soups, Ragouts, Fricandeaus, Creams, Ratafias, Compôts, Preserves, &c. &c. - as well as a great Variety of cheap and elegant Side Dishes, calculated to grace a Table at a small Expence. Instructions for making out Bills of Fare for the four Seasons of the Year, and to furnish a Table with few or any number of Dishes at the most moderate possible Expence. Necessary for Housekeepers, Butlers, Cooks, and all who are concerned in the Superintendence of a Family. Translated from the French.
Menon, active 18th century.Date: M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]- Books
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A political romance, addressed to - - Esq. of York.
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]- Books
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The younger brother, a tale. - - - - Shoot Folly as it flies, And catch the Manners. - - - Pope. ...
Date: M,DCC,LXX. [1770]-72