Stories
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Writing back to authority
As she cuts up old doctors’ letters and uses them to compose absurd poems, Caroline Butterwick reflects on the catharsis of creation and proposes writing as a way to take back control.
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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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Remote diagnosis from wee to the Web
Medical practice might have moved on from when patients posted flasks of their urine for doctors to taste, but telehealth today keeps up the tradition of remote diagnosis – to our possible detriment.
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Bringing Braille back to the modern world
For anyone who thinks Braille is so last century, read on. New tech is helping dust Braille down and bring it to today’s visually impaired people.
Catalogue
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Early nineteenth century papers relating to unidentified patients
Date: c.1800 - 1835Reference: RET/6/19/2/2/1Part of: The Retreat Archive- Books
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Letters written to and for particular friends, on the most important occasions. Directing not only the requisite style and forms to be observed in writing familiar letters; but how to think and act justly and prudently, in the common concerns of human life. Containing One Hundred and Seventy-Three Letters.
Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761.Date: M.DCC.XLVI. [1746]- Books
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The new, and complete universal letter-writer: or, whole art of general and polite correspondence. Containing a great variety of plain, easy, entertaining, and familiar original letters, ... By Henry Hogg, A.M. and the Rev. George Brown, ...
Hogg, Henry.Date: 1800- Books
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Letters written to and for particular friends, on the most important occasions. Directing not only the requisite style and forms to be observed in writing familiar letters; but how to think and act justly and prudently, in the common concerns of human life. Containing One Hundred and Seventy-Three Letters, None of which were ever before Published.
Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761.Date: M.DCC.XLI. [1741]- Books
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The complete letter-writer; or, polite English secretary. Containing familiar letters on the most common occasions in life. ... To which is prefixed, a plain and compendious grammar of the English tongue: also directions for writing letters; ... To which are added a few select letters, by ... Lawrence Sterne
Date: [1800?]