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Duelling doctors

An enduring enthusiasm for 18th-century gentlemen to defend their ‘honour’ by duelling placed doctors in a delicate position. Specially when they faced being shot themselves.

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Confusion, guilt, and the battle to breastfeed

Most new mums are told that breast is best. But breastfeeding doesn’t always come as easily or naturally as you might imagine.

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You know the drill

Richard Barnett opens wide the true meaning of a healthy mouth.

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A story of death, trauma and austerity

Marienna Pope-Weidemann, whose teenage cousin Gaia died after going missing, advocates a rethink of our systems, which currently fail many in mental distress.

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  • A woman withdrawing her foot in outrage from the care of a corn-cutter who has pretensions to be called a chiropodist. Coloured engraving, 1793.
  • A woman withdrawing her foot in outrage from the care of a corn-cutter who has pretensions to be called a chiropodist. Coloured engraving, 1793.
  • Zoological Society of London: a Brahmin bull. Coloured etching by J. Russell after H.S. Smith.
  • Zoological Society of London: an elephant. Coloured etching.
  • Zoological Society of London: a panther drinking from a stream. Coloured etching by W. Panorma after H. Smith.
  • Zoological Society of London: two Ganges stags. Coloured etching by W. Panormo.
  • Zoological Society of London: a lion, a tigress and cubs. Coloured etching by L.W. Cook.
  • Zoological Society of London: a condor attacking a lamb on a rock. Coloured etching by W. Panormo after H. Smith.
  • Zoological Society of London: a variety of animals, including a lion, a goat and a tiger. Wood engraving.
  • Zoological Society of London: two wolves of Hudson Bay. Coloured etching by W. Panormo.
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