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Lindsey Fitzharris’s prescription for writing

The Wellcome Book Prize shortlisted author of ‘The Butchering Art’ answers five questions on health, inspiration and storytelling.

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Printing the body

The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.

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What is hysteria?

Hysteria has long been associated with fanciful myths, but its history reveals how it has been used to control women’s behaviour and bodies

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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?

Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.

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  • Joseph Georg Beer. Lithograph by K.(?) Lanzadelly after A. F. Kunike.
  • Joseph Georg Beer. Lithograph by K.(?) Lanzadelly after A. F. Kunike.
  • Dear kind doctor / written and composed by Joseph Tabrar ; sung by George Robey.
  • Dear kind doctor / written and composed by Joseph Tabrar ; sung by George Robey.
  • Residents at the Old Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, summer 1854: clockwise from left, John Beddoe (seated left), John Kirk (back row), George Hogarth Pringle (back row), Patrick Heron Watson (back row), Alexander Struthers (seated right), David Christison (seated in front, right), Joseph Lister (seated in front, left). Photograph.
  • An engineering lathe mechanism: long section, cross-section, and details. Engraving by G. Gladwin after J. Clement.
  • Engineering: a chuck for a lathe, and a stopcock. Engraving by G. Gladwin after J. Clements.
  • William Sharp, engraver. Oil painting by G. F. Joseph, ca. 1817.
  • William Sharp, engraver. Oil painting by G. F. Joseph, ca. 1817.
  • A naked young woman being massaged by an older man. Reproduction of a drawing, 1932, by J. Hémard.
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