Stories
- In pictures
Deadly stinks and life-saving aromas in plague-stricken London
In the plague-ravaged London of 1665, could perfume really save your life?
- Comic
Socialisation
We are sponges in the sink of society.
- Article
Conflicted and confused about lithium
Covid-19 left Laura Grace Simpkins out of work and living back with her parents. She now had time to restart her research into her medication, but was she mad to continue?
- Article
The case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
Catalogue
- Books
- Online
Freshwater sponges, hydroids & polyzoa / by N. Annandale.
Annandale, Nelson, 1876-1924.Date: 1911- Books
A history of British sponges and lithophytes / by George Johnston.
Johnston, George, 1797-1855.Date: 1842- Books
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The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by A.E. Shipley. Freshwater sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa / by N. Annandale.
Date: 1911- Books
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On the chromatology of some British sponges / by C.A. MacMunn.
MacMunn, Charles Alexander, 1852-1911.Date: [1888]- Pictures
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Cross-sections of zoophytes, including corals, sea anemones and sponges. Lithograph by C. Busk.
Busk, G.Reference: 42046i