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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life

The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.

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A history of sex for sale

Kate Lister’s cultural history of the sex trade puts sex workers centre stage. In this extract, she argues why the way we write, think and talk about sex work matters.

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Inside the Cold War mind

Martin Sixsmith explores the competing national psyches of Russia and America, and a world divided between their irreconcilable visions of human nature.

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The 200-year search for normal people

Sarah Chaney poses the question we’ve likely all asked at some point in our lives: 'Am I normal?’, and explores whether normality even exists.

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  • Titlepage, Genetics and Eugenics, a text book for students of biology and a reference book for animal and plant breeders by W. E. Castle, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1916
  • The physiognomical system of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim; founded on an anatomical and physiological examination of the nervous system in general, and of the brain in particular; and indicating the dispositions and manifestations of the mind / Being at the same time a book of reference for Dr. Spurzheim's demonstrative lectures.
  • The physiognomical system of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim; founded on an anatomical and physiological examination of the nervous system in general, and of the brain in particular; and indicating the dispositions and manifestations of the mind / Being at the same time a book of reference for Dr. Spurzheim's demonstrative lectures.
  • Douglas's encyclopædia : a book of reference for bacon curers, bacon factory managers, bacon agents, meat purveyors, meat inspectors, meat salesmen, abattoir superintendants, city, county or local authority officers, cold store proprietors and managers, sausage and pork pie makers, and all other industries associated with the meat, pork, provision and general food trades.
  • Douglas's encyclopædia : a book of reference for bacon curers, bacon factory managers, bacon agents, meat purveyors, meat inspectors, meat salesmen, abattoir superintendants, city, county or local authority officers, cold store proprietors and managers, sausage and pork pie makers, and all other industries associated with the meat, pork, provision and general food trades.
  • Douglas's encyclopædia : a book of reference for bacon curers, bacon factory managers, bacon agents, meat purveyors, meat inspectors, meat salesmen, abattoir superintendants, city, county or local authority officers, cold store proprietors and managers, sausage and pork pie makers, and all other industries associated with the meat, pork, provision and general food trades.
  • Douglas's encyclopædia : a book of reference for bacon curers, bacon factory managers, bacon agents, meat purveyors, meat inspectors, meat salesmen, abattoir superintendants, city, county or local authority officers, cold store proprietors and managers, sausage and pork pie makers, and all other industries associated with the meat, pork, provision and general food trades.
  • Douglas's encyclopædia : a book of reference for bacon curers, bacon factory managers, bacon agents, meat purveyors, meat inspectors, meat salesmen, abattoir superintendants, city, county or local authority officers, cold store proprietors and managers, sausage and pork pie makers, and all other industries associated with the meat, pork, provision and general food trades.
  • Douglas's encyclopædia : a book of reference for bacon curers, bacon factory managers, bacon agents, meat purveyors, meat inspectors, meat salesmen, abattoir superintendants, city, county or local authority officers, cold store proprietors and managers, sausage and pork pie makers, and all other industries associated with the meat, pork, provision and general food trades.
  • A medical practitioner examining a urine flask and referring to a book Engraving by J.B. Tardieu after D. Teniers.
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