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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The men who meddled with nature
The ‘acclimatisation societies’ of the 19th century sought to ‘improve’ on the natural world by releasing non-native species into the wild. The effects were disastrous.
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M0005792: Adapa, Sumerian deity / M0005793: English king worshipping at the Shrine of Saint Edmund
Date: 11 October 1938Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/48/5Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
Educating personnel for the allied health professions and services : administrative considerations / edited by Edmund J. McTernan and Robert O. Hawkins, Jr.
McTernan, Edmund J.Date: 1972- Pictures
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The birth of Saint Edmund, he is being nursed by a midwife while his mother rests in bed and is aided by assistants, 1433. Aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.
Date: 1843Reference: 17258i- Archives and manuscripts
Waterton, Edmund (1830-1887)
Waterton, Edmund, 1830-1887Date: 1859-1881Reference: MS.4976- Books
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Religious education, recommended in a sermon, preached at Saint Thomas's, January 1, 1794; for the benefit of the charity school, in Gravel Lane, Southwark. By Edmund Butcher. Printed at the request of the Managers.
Butcher, Edmund, 1757-1822Date: [1794]