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The history of sanatoriums and surveillance

The sanatorium treatment for tuberculosis was a curious combination of sunshine, fresh air, exercise and constant surveillance.

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A brief history of ventilation

As ventilators continue to play an important part in helping very ill coronavirus patients, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris traces their development from the first attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation through centuries of medical crises.

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A history of mindfulness

Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.

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A history of twins in science

For thousands of years, twins have been a source of fascination in mythology, religion and the arts. Since the 19th century, they have also been the subject of scientific study and experimentation.

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  • Plan of Wellcome museum galleries: 1st floor showing new arrangement, 1942, Dr Daukes scheme: Renaissance, 17th century, 18th century, 19th & 20th centuries, history of disease, research.
  • A bracket fungus (Coriolus versicolor): a large group of fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1902.
  • A bracket fungus (Polyporus varius): groups of fruiting bodies with one sectioned. Watercolour by G. Harding, 1900.
  • A fungus (Marasmius species?): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour by C. H. Spencer Perceval, 1905.
  • A fungus (Gymnopilus junonius): two fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1906.
  • Tawny funnel cap fungus (Clitocybe flaccida): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1901.
  • The wood blewit fungus (Lepista nuda): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1901.
  • A fungus (Stropharia aeruginosa): four fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour, 1905.
  • The wood blewit fungus (Lepista nuda): four fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour, 1902.
  • White spindles fungus (Clavaria fragilis): three fruiting bodies growing amongst grass. Watercolour, 1901.
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