Stories
- Article
The doctor who challenged the unicorn myth
Our era of fake news and medical misinformation is nothing new. Estelle Paranque relays the thrusts and parries of a 440-year-old row over a magical cure-all, the unicorn horn.
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A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
- Book extract
Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
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Found items
Books leave their traces in our minds, but we leave traces of ourselves in books too, as these fascinating items found inside old works show.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
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Horns Assembly Rooms, Kennington : for one day only... Admiral Tom Trump will hold receptions at the above rooms on Monday next, Oct. 11.
Date: [1875]- Ephemera
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The wonderful two-headed nightingale : "the eighth wonder of the world" / Horns Assembly Rooms, Kennington.
Date: [1877?]- Ephemera
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[Leaflet advertising appearances by Admiral Tom Trump (Jean Hannema) at Horns Assembly Rooms in Kennington, London on Monday, 11 October 1875. Printed on mauve paper].
Date: 1875- Ephemera
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[Leaflet advertising appearances by Admiral Tom Trump (Jean Hannema) at Horns Assembly Rooms in Kennington, London on Monday, 11 October 1875. Printed on pale blue paper].
Date: 1875- Books
Records of North American big game / Prentiss N. Gray, editor ; published under the auspices of the National Collection of Heads and Horns, New York Zoological Society.
Date: 1932