Stories
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Transforming the decorative into dissent
Discover how embroidered messages by two ‘troublesome’ women in 19th-century asylums are mirrored in the therapeutic quilting work of writer Rachel May.
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Thomas Sankara and the stomachs that made themselves heard
Thomas Sankara’s vision to transform farming and health in Burkina Faso turned to dust with his assassination. Perry Blankson highlights the considerable achievements of Sankara’s brief span in power.
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A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
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Cocaine, the Victorian wonder drug
Today, cocaine has a very poor public image as one of the causes of crime and violence. But for the Victorians it was welcomed as the saviour of modern surgery.
Catalogue
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Robert Koch, a life in medicine and bacteriology / Thomas D. Brock.
Brock, Thomas D.Date: [1988], ©1988- Books
Harmony and unity : the life of Niels Bohr / by Niels Blædel.
Blædel, Niels.Date: [1988], ©1988- Books
Pasteur and modern science / René Dubos ; foreword by Gerald L. Geison.
Dubos, René J. (René Jules), 1901-1982.Date: [1988]- Books
Puritans and poor relief : the London workhouse, 1649-1660 / Valerie Pearl.
Pearl, Valerie.Date: 1978- Books
The alehouse and the alternative society / Peter Clark.
Clark, Peter, 1944-Date: 1978