Stories
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The case for safe skin bleaching
Skin bleaching tends to attract a negative press for a whole host of reasons. But when used to treat medical problems, its positive side becomes clear.
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Colonialism and the origins of skin bleaching
The widespread practice of skin bleaching was heavily influenced by the Western colonisation and slavery of African and South Asian countries. Ngunan Adamu explores this toxic history.
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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Skin pigmentation, with photograph
Date: c.1926-c.1952Reference: PP/HUN/C/2/192Part of: Hunter, Donald (1898-1977)- Digital Images
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Arsenical pigmentation of the skin
St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives & Museum- Archives and manuscripts
'Incontinentia pigmenti (Bloch-Sulzberger)' Diffuse mesodermal pigmentation with cranial abnormalities (Dr Alice Carleton)--?allied to pigment naevi and so-called Mongolian patches
Date: 1945-1955Reference: PP/FPW/B.247/2Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)- Digital Images
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Right hand of man with pigmentation of the skin and clubbing of the fingers
Mark, Leonard Portal- Books
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Heredity of skin pigmentation in man / Gertrude C. Davenport and Charles B. Davenport.
Davenport, Gertrude C.Date: [1910?]