Stories
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A little wildness
To salve her longing for a dog, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan chose a puppy. She found that, despite centuries of domestication, her dog still retains aspects of her wild ancestry.
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A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
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The man who remembers everything
Tilney1 can remember his life in minute detail, but can’t control the incessant intrusion of thoughts and images from the past. As cuts to mental health services isolate him more and more, a crisis approaches.
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Beating the bodysnatchers
When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.
Catalogue
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Prediction of response to pharmacotherapy / by J.R. Wittenborn and Philip R.A. May.
Wittenborn, J. R. (John Richard), 1915-Date: [1966]
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The Royal Institution, Albemarle Street: the library. Coloured aquatint by J. C. Stadler, 1800, after A. C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson.
Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832.Date: 1 May 1800Reference: 40196i- Archives and manuscripts
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Letters between S & R J Everett & Co. Ltd. and A C E Suley
Date: May 1947Reference: HALDANE/3/1/4/3/33Part of: Haldane Papers
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A diseased brain; and two sections of spine. Lithograph by T. & W. Fairland after C. J. Canton for Richard Bright, 1831.
Canton, C. J.Date: May 1831Reference: 31645i- Books
A selected list of references (1960-May 1965) on swine in biomedical research / by J.C. Pekas and L.K. Bustad.
Pekas, J. C.Date: 1965