Stories
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Guide dogs or good dogs from the Middle Ages
Medieval illustrations often show blind people, sometimes with dogs. But working out whether these were actually guide dogs involves a mix of detailed detective work and expert speculation.
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Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
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Rethinking the placebo effect
The placebo effect has long been harnessed for both legitimate and fraudulent use, but we’re only just discovering how and why our bodies respond positively to dummy drugs, as Anjuli Sharma reveals.
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When monarchs healed the sick
Our current Queen fortunately doesn’t have to spend hours laying hands on the sick to cure them. But it was a different story for monarchs of the early modern era, whose touch was a sought-after treatment for scrofula.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
Concerning the blind people of Kent / Kent County Association for the Blind.
Kent County Association for the Blind.Date: [1947?]- Books
The blind record : a review of work for God and humanity amongst the needy blind : December, 1932 / London Association for the Blind.
London Association for the BlindDate: 1932- Books
Standard English braille : grades I. and II. / revised and edited jointly by the British National Uniform Type Committee and the American Committee on Grade II. representing the American Association of Instructors of the Blind, the American Association of Workers for the Blind, and the American Foundation for the Blind.
Date: 1932- Journals
Annual report / Kent County Association for the Blind.
Kent County Association for the Blind (Kent, England)Date: 1921-- Books
- Online
Annual report : 27th (1946/47) / Kent County Association for the Blind.
Kent County Association for the Blind (Kent, England)Date: 1947