Stories
- In pictures
Stones for healing
Since ancient times, cultures from around the world have used a variety of precious stones, crystals and their substitutes for healing and to ward off misfortune.
- Article
The extraction of the excruciating bladder stones
Among those vying to find alternatives to major surgery for bladder stones, young doctor Jean Civiale stood out, painstakingly honing a method that was to become the norm.
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Shame and the online free-for-all
Lucia Osborne-Crowley looks at how shame manifests online, where public humiliation is common and second chances all too rare.
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How nature is defending itself in court
The idea that nature has legal rights is increasingly being taken seriously, but who gets to speak for it? Isabella Kaminski asks how the non-human can be represented within a human-made system.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Stone age picture (artwork)
Date: 1940-1960Reference: PP/RSI/B/1/1/15/1Part of: Rita Simon Collection
- Books
- Online
Stone antiquities found in Africa.
Date: [between 1860 and 1869?]- Books
Stone Age man in Kenya / C.J. Wilson.
Wilson, Christopher J. (Christopher James), 1879-1956Date: 1927
- Pictures
- Online
Stone's Hospital, Oxford: panoramic view. Watercolour drawing, 1805?.
Date: 1805Reference: 20979i- Books
Stone in the urinary tract / H.P. Winsbury-White.
Winsbury-White, H. P. (Horace Powell)Date: 1954