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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.
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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.
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Saint Barnabas: his martyrdom by stoning. Etching by J. Callot.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Date: [1632-1635]Reference: 3522i
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The Israelites stoning a blasphemer. Engraving by A. de Blois after G. Hoet.
Hoet, Gerard, 1648-1733.Date: [1725]Reference: 42750i
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The stoning of St Stephen. Oil painting by or after L. Sabbatini.
Sabbatini, Lorenzo, 1530-1576.Reference: 44803i
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Saint Stephen: his martyrdom by stoning. Engraving by P. Masson after B. Lens.
Lens, Bernard, 1659-1725.Date: [1705?]Reference: 7195i
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The stoning to death of the two elders who had falsely accused Susanna. Engraving.
Reference: 11017i