Stories
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The meanings of hurt
In the early modern period, gruesome incidents of self-castration and other types of self-injury garnished the literature of the time. Alanna Skuse explores the messages these wounds conveyed.
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
Catalogue
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A father's instructions; consisting of moral tales, fables, and reflections; designed to promote the love of virtue, a taste for knowledge, and an early acquaintance with the works of nature: by Thomas Percival, M.D. F.R.S. and A.S. Lond. F.R.S. and R.M.S. Edinb. President of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, and member of various foreign societies.
Percival, Thomas, 1740-1804.Date: 1800- Books
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The Baron of Lauderbrooke. A tale. By W. Holloway.
Holloway, William.Date: 1800- Books
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The merry tales of the wise men of Gotham. To which is added, a collection of jests. Entered according to Order.
Date: 1785?]- Books
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The merry tales of the wise men of Gotham.
Date: [1785?]- Books
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The merry tales of the wise men of Gotham. To which is added, a collection of jests.
Date: MDCCXCIX. [1799]