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The law of periodicity for menstruation

Dr Edward Clarke's Law of Periodicity claimed that females who were educated alongside their male peers were developing their minds at the expense of their reproductive organs.

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The ancient doctors who refused payment

The NHS might only be 70 years old, but the idea of free healthcare goes back to Ancient Greece, when devout doctors provided their services without charge.

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Parasites and pests from the medieval to the modern

Humans have been reluctant hosts to a plethora of unpleasant parasites for centuries. And medieval evidence shows our modern distaste for these little irritations is just as ancient.

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  • Chinese woodcuts: Locations for applying ointments
  • Betnovate : Betnovate-N and Betnovate-C ointments : classic answers to dry infected dermatoses.
  • Betnovate : Betnovate-N and Betnovate-C ointments : classic answers to dry infected dermatoses.
  • Betnovate : Betnovate-N and Betnovate-C ointments : classic answers to dry infected dermatoses.
  • Betnovate : Betnovate-N and Betnovate-C ointments : classic answers to dry infected dermatoses.
  • Use Continental Ointment : Continental Ointment for man and beast.
  • Use Continental Ointment : Continental Ointment for man and beast.
  • The trainer's ointment.
  • Jars: Ointment: "Holloway's".
  • Foot-rot ointment / Arkle.
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