Stories
- In pictures
The cinchona tree, malaria and colonisation
Ever since the discovery of cinchona bark as a treatment for malaria in 17th-century South America, the cinchona tree has accompanied European colonisation around the world. Kim Walker tracks the human and ecological impact of this global commodity.
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A walk through other people’s expectations
The steep path isn’t the only thing Caroline Butterwick has to navigate on her Lakeland hike. Always aware of other people’s expectations, she continually monitors how her disability might seem to strangers.
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Guide dogs or good dogs from the Middle Ages
Medieval illustrations often show blind people, sometimes with dogs. But working out whether these were actually guide dogs involves a mix of detailed detective work and expert speculation.
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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.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
- Online
Walker's Universal Mixture, for scour in cattle : a certain and speedy cure : [white label] / B. Walker.
Walker, B.Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Books
- Online
Walker's complete picture of human life, or variety of mental food, including valuable matter, calculated for the pleasure and instruction of readers of every class / [G. Walker].
Walker, GDate: 1819
- Ephemera
- Online
Walker's Universal Mixture, for scour in cattle : a certain and speedy cure : [red label] / B. Walker.
Walker, B.Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Walker, Thomas
Walker, ThomasDate: 1630Reference: MS.796- Archives and manuscripts
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Walker, Don (Harry Walker Agency)
Date: 1999-2001Reference: JDW/2/2/1915Part of: James D. Watson Collection
