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Deadly stinks and life-saving aromas in plague-stricken London
In the plague-ravaged London of 1665, could perfume really save your life?
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Black pepper to fuel fiery fights and cure haemorrhoids
This common condiment was once very valuable and, until surprisingly recently, used as a versatile medicine.
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Blood
Discover the history, mythology and taboos around blood and menopause, and hear from some contemporary voices about their experiences of periods and the onset of menopause.
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Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
Catalogue
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Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Vinegar
Anonymous- Ephemera
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Use the Alden Fruit Vinegar / White Brothers.
White Brothers (South English, Iowa)Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]- Ephemera
Martlet Honegar : contains equal parts of Martlet Apple Cider Vinegar and pure honey ... Martlet Cider Vinegar.
Date: [between 1960 and 1969]- Books
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The cudgel, or, A crab-tree lecture. To the author of the Dunciad. By Hercules Vinegar, Esq;
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]- Books
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The Champion; or, British mercury. By Capt. Hercules Vinegar, of Pall-Mall.
Date: [1739-1740]