Stories
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On nature cures and taking the waters
When chilly outdoor swims began to chip away at her depression, Jessica J Lee was drawn to a closer study of the complex natural world around her.
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The extraction of the excruciating bladder stones
Among those vying to find alternatives to major surgery for bladder stones, young doctor Jean Civiale stood out, painstakingly honing a method that was to become the norm.
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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.
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Delusional recycling and the problem with plastic
Many of us are guilty of wishful thinking when it comes to our rubbish. Arianne Shahvisi exposes shaky recycling infrastructure and overseas dumping, arguing for an end to waste colonialism.
Catalogue
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Formulae selectae: or, a collection of prescriptions of eminent physicians, and the most celebrated patent medicines; together with a syllabic view of mineral waters and poisons.
Date: 1818- Books
Wiesbaden gout-water : its use and effect / by Dr. Buddee, physician.
Buddee, Dr.Date: [1903?]- Books
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Treatise on the use of the mineral waters of Homburg / by Frederick Muller ; translated from the 7th German edition by C. Murphy Mortimer.
Date: 1859- Books
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A practical treatise on the therapeutic uses of terebinthine medicines : with observations on tubercular consumption, gout, mineral waters, etc. / by Thomas Smith.
Date: 1850- Books
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Remarks on the Pitcaithly and Dunbarney mineral waters, in Perthshire : illustrative of their composition, and medicinal properties.
Horsley, William, M.D.Date: 1814