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The island of unclaimed bodies

In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.

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Dying to be in nature

The modern funeral business is one that uses up precious resources and pollutes the planet. But you can make sure it’s only your memory that leaves its mark with these new and natural ways to leave this earth.

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Bloody capitalism and the cash flow of the menstrual cycle

Once they thrived on taboos and shame. Now period-product manufacturers are finding new ways to flourish in this era of period activism – but products aren’t the end of the story.

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Vivekananda’s journey

How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.

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  • Leaflet advertising Bromo paper toilet tissue manufactured by Diamond Mills Paper Company of 44 Murray Street, New York, probably about 1878 or early 1880s. The paper contained the "disinfectants and curatives" Bromo chloralum and carbolic acid "as to render its use not only a positive preventive of that most distressing and almost universal complaint, the Piles, but also a thorough deodorizer and disinfectant of the water closet." The paper had a watermark "Bromo" in every sheet.
  • A cerebral atlas : illustrating the difference between the brains of mentally defective and normal individuals, with a social, mental and neurological record of 120 defectives during life / by Richard J.A. Berry.
  • A cerebral atlas : illustrating the difference between the brains of mentally defective and normal individuals, with a social, mental and neurological record of 120 defectives during life / by Richard J.A. Berry.
  • The principles of electrotherapy and their practical application / by W. J. Turrell.
  • Diseases of the heart / by Sir James Mackenzie.
  • The work of medical women in India / by Margaret I. Balfour ... and Ruth Young ... with a foreword by Dame Mary Scharlieb.
  • Lachish : (Tell ed Duweir).
  • Lachish : (Tell ed Duweir).
  • Lachish : (Tell ed Duweir).
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. Coloured wood engraving.
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