Stories
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A message from my skin
As wildfires threatened Seattle, resident Sydney Baker experienced corresponding flares of acne and rashes. Her skin was telling her something about the health of the world around her.
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The child whose town rejected vaccines
Gloucester, 1896. Ethel Cromwell is taken ill at the height of Britain’s last great smallpox epidemic.
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Bloody capitalism and the cash flow of the menstrual cycle
Once they thrived on taboos and shame. Now period-product manufacturers are finding new ways to flourish in this era of period activism – but products aren’t the end of the story.
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How trauma affects the body and mind
The long and devastating aftermath of an attack have given writer and broadcaster Bidisha unique insight into the suffering of other victims. Here she explores survival and healing in those who have experienced trauma.
Catalogue
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Rash vows, or, the effects of enthusiasm. A novel. Translated from the French of Madame de Genlis, ...
Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de, 1746-1830.Date: 1799
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Rash of indurated chancres on the body and groin of a man. Chromolithograph by E. Burgess, 1850/1880?.
Burgess, E.Date: [1850/1880?]Reference: 578059i
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Rash of pustules on the hand of a patient, probably suffering from smallpox. Watercolour by R. Carswell, 1831.
Carswell, Robert, Sir, 1793-1857.Date: 1831Reference: 576544i- Pictures
Rash on the face, arms and chest of a baby suffering from lichen infantum. Chromolithograph by E. Burgess, 1850/1880?.
Burgess, E.Date: [1850/1880?]Reference: 578088i
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Rash of sores on the face, arms and torso of a boy suffering from prurigo adolescentium. Chromolithograph by E. Burgess, 1850/1880?.
Burgess, E.Date: [1850/1880?]Reference: 578108i