Stories
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Renaissance women and their killer cosmetics
In this extract from ‘How to be a Renaissance Woman’, Jill Burke delves into a complex world of beauty products, poison and patriarchy – and reveals the impossible contradictions of femininity faced by 16th-century women.
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The power of unicorns
Discover the unlikely connection between pharmaceuticals and unicorns.
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How to stay together while keeping apart
Vivek Murthy explores how we can keep physically distant while staying emotionally connected.
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The tradesman who confronted the pestilence
The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.
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A physician dressed in protective plague costume. Line engraving after J.J. Manget.
Manget, Jean-Jacques, 1652-1742.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 10075i- Pictures
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A woman in bed in a sick-room, attended by a physician, receiving the blessing of the Madonna del Parto. Oil painting by R. Pistoni, 1872.
Pistoni, R. (Painter in Rome), active 1872.Date: 1872Reference: 44870i- Books
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The water works of the ancient Romans : the natural springs, aqueducts, reservoirs, baths, and drains of Rome / by Alexander Thomson.
Date: 1859- Books
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Notice of a third brass of Romulus, son of Maxentius, and other coins, found at Paestum / by John Alexander Smith.
Date: [1869?]- Books
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Wintering in the Riviera : with notes of travel in Italy and France, and practical hints to travellers / by William Miller.
Date: 1879