Stories
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Would you like to buy a unicorn?
The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.
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The power of unicorns
Discover the unlikely connection between pharmaceuticals and unicorns.
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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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The doctor who challenged the unicorn myth
Our era of fake news and medical misinformation is nothing new. Estelle Paranque relays the thrusts and parries of a 440-year-old row over a magical cure-all, the unicorn horn.
Catalogue
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A narwhal and large sperm whale. Engraving.
Reference: 39934i- 3-D Objects
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Tusk of the narwhal (Monodon monoceros), or horn of the unicorn.
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A narwhal, a common whale and a pike-headed whale. Etching by J Scott, ca 1812, after S Edwards.
Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819.Date: published as the Act directs 1 March 1812Reference: 39937i- Pictures
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Deformed infants; and a narwhal. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1817.
Date: 1817Reference: 29342i- Pictures
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Seventeen fishes; including a sturgeon, sword fish, narwhal and whale. Engraving by I. Taylor.
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