Stories
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Intelligence testing, race and eugenics
Specious ideas and assumptions about intelligence that were born during the great flourishing of eugenics well over 100 years ago still inform the British education system today, as Nazlin Bhimani reveals.
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Communities of cross-feeders
A desire to help leads some women to “cross-feed” – breastfeed other parents’ babies for free. Alev Scott delves into the emotions behind this altruistic act.
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Devilry and doom in 1666
Disastrous events and a significant combination of numbers signalled the end – or perhaps a new beginning – in 1666. But for some, this feverish period fuelled unprecedented inventiveness and development.
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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.
Catalogue
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The star of David incorporating a needle; representing AIDS among Jews and the work of the Jewish Aids Trust. Lithograph.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 666512i- E-journals
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AJS review
Date: 1976-- Books
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The whole works of Flavius Josephus: containing I. The Antiquities of the Jewish People, in Twenty Books. The Wars of the Jews with the Romans, from their Commencement to the final Destruction of Jerusalem, by Titus, in the Reign of Vespasian. In Seven Books. III. The Two Books of Josephus, in Defence of the Jewish Antiquities, against Apion. IV. The Martyrdom of the Maccabees. V. Account of Philo's Embassy from the Jews of Alexandria to the Emperor Caius Caligula. VI. The Life of Flavius Josephus, as written by Himself. Vii. The Testimonies of Josephus, concerning Our Blessed Saviour, St. John the Baptist, &c. &c. &c. To which is added, a continuation of the history of the Jews, from the death of Josephus to the present time. Also, notes - explanatory, historical, Biographical, Classical, Critical, and Geographical, With Marginal References And Copious Indexes. Likewise Tables of the Jewish Coins, Weights, Measures, &c. The whole newly translated from the original Greek. By Ebenezer Thompson, D.D and Wm. Chas. Price, LL.D. A new edition, revised, corrected, and greatly improved. Embellished with copper-plates.
Josephus, Flavius.Date: MDCCXCV. [1795]- Pictures
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AIDS as a disease which affects people of all ethnic origins; advertising the Jewish Aids Trust. Lithograph.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 666511i- E-journals
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American Jewish history
Date: 1978-