Stories
- Book extract
Eating their own kind
In his grisly history of cannibalism, zoologist Bill Schutt asks what drives an animal to feast on its own flesh and blood.
- Article
The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.
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Drawing the human animal
We might try to deny our animal instincts, but this series of extraordinary 17th-century drawings suggests they are only too apparent.
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Thalidomide survivors in the 21st century
As thalidomide survivors enter their 60s, they look back on their lives and the legacy of the thalidomide catastrophe.
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Lion Incubator in use attended by Dr. Lion, 1896
- Archives and manuscripts
Lion Talk
Hazel ThorntonDate: 2011Reference: PP/HTH/C/1/54Part of: Hazel Thornton: Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Lion, Gaston (1861-1942)
Lion, Gaston, 1861-1942Date: 1894-1909Reference: MS.3292- Books
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Lion and dragon in northern China / by R.F. Johnston.
Johnston, Reginald Fleming, Sir, 1874-1938.Date: 1910- Archives and manuscripts
DVD, "The Lion's Face"
Date: c.2010Reference: WT/C/6/4/5/1Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive