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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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Aphasia and drawing elephants
When Thomas Parkinson investigated the history of “speech science”, he discovered an unexpected link between empire, elephants and aphasia.
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Fantastic beasts and unnatural history
Find out how a 17th-century compendium of the natural world came to present fantastical beasts –like dragons – as real, living creatures.
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The anatomy of an horse - frontispiece.
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The anatomy of the horse : embracing the structure of the foot / by William Percivall.
Percivall William, 1792-1854.Date: 1858- Books
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Mayhew's Illustrated horse management : containing descriptive remarks upon anatomy; medicine; shoeing; teeth; food; vices; stables; likewise a plain account of the situation, nature, and value of the various points; together with comments on grooms - breeders - breakers and trainers. Embellished with numerous engravings. / Revised and improved by James Irvine Lupton, M.R.C.V.S.
Mayhew, Edward, 1813?-1868.Date: 1890- Books
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Descriptive anatomy of the horse and domestic animals / chiefly compiled from the manuscripts of Thomas Strangeways and Professor Goodsir by J. Wilson Johnston and T.J. Call.
Strangeways Thomas, 1824-1869.Date: 1870- Books
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Die topographische Myologie des Pferdes : mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der locomotorischen Wirkung der Muskeln / von K. Günther.
Günther, Karl.Date: 1866