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The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols

What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.

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When contemporary dance meets dyspraxia

Discover why a rare neurological condition meant an enthusiastic club-night dancer struggled with formal dance classes. And how persisting with those classes paid off.

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My rainforest upbringing

In the introduction to her serial, research biologist Nataly Allasi Canales charts the influences that led her to passion for preserving the species of the Peruvian Amazon, where she spent her childhood.

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The extraordinary body of Evatima Tardo

Darling of 19th-century American freak shows, Evatima Tardo remained serene as she withstood crucifixion and the bites of poisonous snakes. But she took the secret behind her abilities to her grave.

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  • Sale of reptiles (restriction) bill / UFAW.
  • Saint Patrick banishing reptiles from Ireland. Coloured woodcut (?).
  • A table with sixteen different reptiles. Engraving by R. Scott after Captain T. Brown.
  • A crocodile with other reptiles on the bank of a river. Etching by A. Collaert, 16--.
  • A crocodile with other reptiles on the bank of a river. Etching by A. Collaert, 16--.
  • An ideal landscape of the middle ooloitic period with reptiles and saurians. Wood engraving by J. Huye.
  • Pathologic lesions on Mesozoic reptiles- Lesions of Spondylitis deformans uniting 2 caudal vertebrae of a giant dinosaur, Diplodocus, etc.
  • An ideal landscape of the upper oolitic period with reptiles and birds. Wood engraving by F. Trichon after A. Faguet.
  • Insects and reptiles from different parts of the world, including a hooded serpent, a locust and an elephant beetle. Etching by W. Grainger.
  • Circulatory systems: seven diagrams, indicating the heart and circulatory systems of mammals, birds, reptiles, lobsters, fish and arachnids. Watercolour drawing by J.C. Whishaw, 1852/1854.
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