Stories
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Remote diagnosis from wee to the Web
Medical practice might have moved on from when patients posted flasks of their urine for doctors to taste, but telehealth today keeps up the tradition of remote diagnosis – to our possible detriment.
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Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Lecture Notes: Pest Control Pt II
Date: c.1975Reference: PP/MIA/F/1/1/4Part of: Professor Michael Ashburner: archives- Archives and manuscripts
"Using Nature's Tools. Sustainable Methods of Pest Control." A strategy for development
Date: June 2000Reference: PP/MIA/G/1/4/2/13Part of: Professor Michael Ashburner: archives- Books
Pest control : biological, physical, and selected chemical methods / edited by Wendell W. Kilgore and Richard L. Doutt.
Kilgore, Wendell W.Date: 1967- Books
Pest control and disease management in vrkshayurveda / K. Vijayalakshmi and K.M. Shyam Sundar.
Vijayalakshmi, K.Date: 1994- Books
Pest control in Germany during the period 1939-1945 / by R.P. Tew.
Tew, R. P.Date: 1951