Stories
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The sweet sound of synthetic speech
After Alex experienced a serious deterioration in his sight, he came to rely on artificial voices to help him with everyday tasks. Find out how synthetic speech came to be developed.
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A symbol of a lost homeland
The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.
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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist
Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
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University of Delaware (Lecture)
Date: 1986Reference: SB/1/2/972Part of: Sydney Brenner Collection- Books
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An inaugural dissertation, on the rationale of the operation of opium on the animal economy : with observations on its use in disease ; submitted to the examination of the Reverend John Ewing, S.T.P. provost ; the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the [blank] May, 1797, for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine / by John Laws, M.B. of Dover, state of Delaware.
Laws, John.Date: 1797- Books
East-West, hand papermaking traditions and innovations : an exhibition catalogue / by Alice Schreyer.
Schreyer, Alice D.Date: 1988- Books
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An inaugural dissertation on that grade of the intestinal state of fever known by the name of dysentery : submitted to the examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost, the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania ; on the 12th day of May, 1797 ; for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by James Fisher, of Delaware, member of the Philadelphia Medical Society.
Fisher, James, 1774-1802.Date: [1797]