Stories
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Revelations of blindness in the Middle Ages
Medieval texts, from Islamic medical treatises to Christian books of miracles, reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. But when medieval scholar Jude Seal experienced visual impairment themselves, they gained an even deeper understanding of the lives they were studying.
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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The shape of thought
Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s description of the moment in 1887 when he saw a brain cell for the first time never fails to move neuroscientist Richard Wingate to tears. Here he captures that enduring sense of wonder.
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The question about eating of blood stated and examined; in answer to two dissertations in a book entitled, Revelation examined with candour.
Burscough, William, 1676?-1755.Date: MDCCXXXIII. [1733]- Books
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Revelation examined with candour. Or, a fair enquiry into the sense and use of the several revelations expresly declared, or sufficiently implied, To be given to Mankind from the Creation, as they are found in the Bible. By a professed friend to an honest freedom of thought in religious enquiries. Vols. first and second. Containing Dissertations upon the several Revelations from the Creation, to the Command given to Abraham to sacrifice his Son, inclusive.
Delany, Patrick, 1685 or 1686-1768.Date: M.DCC.XXXII. [1732]- Books
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Thoughts on revelation, deduced from the true nature of evidence.
Date: 1799- Books
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An enquiry into the law of nature and revelation. To which is annexed, a discourse concerning the mediator between God and men.
Date: M.DCC.XXXVII. [1737]- Books
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The questioin about eating of blood stated and examin'd; In answer to two dissertations in a book entitled, Revelation examind with candour.
Burscough, William, 1676?-1755.Date: 1732