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Cocaine, the Victorian wonder drug

Today, cocaine has a very poor public image as one of the causes of crime and violence. But for the Victorians it was welcomed as the saviour of modern surgery.

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Cowpox, Covid-19 and Jenner’s vaccination legacy

The well-known story of vaccination pioneer Edward Jenner has at its heart his drive to make vaccines free of charge and available to all. Now his principles extend to the global campaign for a people’s patent-free vaccine for Covid-19.

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Mary Bishop and the surveillant gaze

Writer and artist Rose Ruane explores the paintings of Mary Bishop, created during a 30-year stay in a psychiatric hospital, which speak of constant medical surveillance and censorious self-examination.

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  • Galileo Galilei. Stipple engraving by R. Hart after A. Ramsay after J. Sustermans.
  • Galileo Galilei. Stipple engraving by R. Hart after A. Ramsay after J. Sustermans.
  • A 'kuttar' or line of blind beggars in a row, two other men in discussion, Kabul, Afghanistan. Coloured lithograph after L.W. Hart, 1843.
  • A setter prowling through grass. Etching by J. W. Archer after A. Cooper.
  • A swan on a lake. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A shrimp girl. Steel engraving by J. Moore after W. Hogarth.
  • A partridge sitting in a meadow. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A llama standing on a rock. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A lizard sitting on a stone. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • A hedgehog sitting in a meadow. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
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