Stories
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Making sunstroke insanity
Medical historian Dr Kristin Hussey takes a closer look at sunstroke and mental illness, and how, in the late 19th century, they connected at the crossroads of colonial science and the idea of whiteness.
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Beyond a green carpet
Plant ecologist Sara Middleton explores the amazing symbiotic relationships between the species that make up grasslands, and considers their future as rain becomes more scarce.
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My rainforest upbringing
In the introduction to her serial, research biologist Nataly Allasi Canales charts the influences that led her to passion for preserving the species of the Peruvian Amazon, where she spent her childhood.
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Tropical Climate
Martin, Sir Charles James (1866-1955)Date: Early 20th centuryReference: GC/104/19Part of: Martin, Sir Charles James- Archives and manuscripts
Effects Tropical Climate Australia
Martin, Sir Charles James (1866-1955)Date: 1910s-1920sReference: GC/104/3Part of: Martin, Sir Charles James- Books
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Practical observations on the diseases of the army in Jamaica, as they occurred between the years 1792 and 1797; On the Situation, Climate, and Diseases of that Island; And on the most Probable Means of Lessening Mortality among the Troops, and among Europeans in Tropical Climates. By William Lempriere, Apothecary to his Majesty's Forces. In two volumes. ...
Lempriere, William, -1834.Date: 1799- Books
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A treatise on sugar. By Benjamin Moseley, M. D. author of A Treatise on Tropical Diseases; Military Operations; and the Climate of the West Indies; and A Treatise on Coffee: Physician to Chelsea Hospital, Member of the College of Physicians of London, of the University of Leyden, of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia, &c. &c.
Moseley, Benjamin, 1742-1819.Date: MDCCXCIX. [1799]- Books
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A treatise on sugar. With miscellaneous medical observations. By Benjamin Moseley, M. D. author of a treatise on Tropical Diseases; Military Operations; and the Climate of the West Indies; and A Treatise on Coffee: Physician to Chelsea Hospital, Member of the College of Physicians of London, of the University of Leyden, of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia, &c. &c.
Moseley, Benjamin, 1742-1819.Date: MDCCC. [1800]