Stories
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How your hairdresser could save your life
Barbers and hairdressers have a unique view of us – one that means they can spot potentially dangerous health problems. Find out how buzzcuts can lead to blood-pressure checks, and dip-dyes show the way to the dermatologist.
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Parasites and pests from the medieval to the modern
Humans have been reluctant hosts to a plethora of unpleasant parasites for centuries. And medieval evidence shows our modern distaste for these little irritations is just as ancient.
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Enduring taboos and the future of skin bleaching
Many condemn skin bleaching in public while secretly lightening their own complexions. To break away from these taboos, we need honest information and open conversation.
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Manly beauty, being a professional, physiological and artistic treatise on the best mode of acquiring and preserving an attractive exterior, consistent with the highest condition of bodily health / By Antoine Saussure, valet-de-chambre.
Saussure, Antoine, valet-de-chambre.Date: [1847]- Pictures
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An old man is reading while his valets are attending to his toilet. Aquatint by F. Goya, 1812/1888.
Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828.Date: 1812/1888Reference: 567187i- Pictures
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Two Russian valets are tightening ties around a young officer's waist as a third man brings a uniform for him to wear. Coloured etching, 1815.
Date: [1815]Reference: 35504i- Pictures
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Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, dancing with two young men. Photograph, c. 1927.
Date: 1930Reference: 33723i- Pictures
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Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, being wooed by two young men. Photograph, c. 1927.
Date: 1930Reference: 33703i