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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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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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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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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 Jews' Hospital, Lower Norwood.
  • Jews' Hospital, New York City. Coloured wood engraving.
  • The Sanhedrin or great council of the Jews. Etching, 1744.
  • Jews celebrating Laubhüttenfest in the courtyard of the synagogue. Etching.
  • M. Fishberg, The Jews: a study of race...: Jewish face
  • The Summer Hall of the Jews. Coloured engraving, ca. 1804-1811.
  • The Jews' Hospital, Mile End Road, Whitechapel. Engraving by T. Prattent, 1819, after himself, 1816.
  • Christ bound and beaten by Jews. Etching by Heinrich Nüsser after J.F. Overbeck, 1850.
  • The Jews' Hospital, Mile End Road, Whitechapel. Engraving by J. Shury, 1835, after T. H. Shepherd.
  • Jews' Hospital, Lower Norwood. Wood engraving by Walmsley, 1862, after G.W. Smith after Tillott and Chamberlain.
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