Stories
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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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Plant portraits
The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.
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Blood
Discover the history, mythology and taboos around blood and menopause, and hear from some contemporary voices about their experiences of periods and the onset of menopause.
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The first seizure
Historian Aparna Nair had her first seizure when she was 11. Here she recalls that first time, and how other people’s reactions are sometimes the most disturbing part about having a seizure.
Catalogue
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The Mythology of all races ... / Louis Herbert Gray ... editor George Foot Moore ... consulting editor.
Date: 1916-1932- Books
The first fossil hunters : paleontology in Greek and Roman times / Adrienne Mayor.
Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-Date: [2000], ©2000
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology / Edited by William Smith.
Date: 1844-1849- Books
A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology / by various writers ; edited by William Smith.
Date: 1880- Books
A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology / by various writers ; edited by William Smith ; illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.
Date: 1873