Stories
- 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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Diagnosed bipolar, prescribed lithium
In the first part of a series looking into lithium, Laura Grace Simpkins recounts the beginning of her troubled relationship with this mysterious drug.
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When skin bleaching goes wrong
Warnings about permanent health damage don’t deter those using skin-bleaching products for years on end. Read the story of one woman who suffered from liver failure after years of striving to be paler.
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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
Catalogue
- Books
Mercury.
Date: 1976- Pictures
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Mercury. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2045641iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Archives and manuscripts
'Mercury Poisoning from dental mercury amalgam teeth fillings and its consequences from conception to crematorium'
Date: 2001Reference: PP/KIL/4Part of: Papers of Angela Kilmartin (b.1941) Relating to Mercury Dental Fillings- Archives and manuscripts
Mercury (37 slides)
Date: 20th CenturyReference: PP/HUN/F/8/14Part of: Hunter, Donald (1898-1977)- Pictures
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Mercury [Hermes]. Engraving.
Reference: 11265i