Stories
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Printing the body
The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.
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The girl with no name
When a now anonymous teenager sold her tooth for transplant, she couldn’t have predicted that she’d end up at the heart of a troubling story about 18th-century beauty ideals.
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The complex longing for home
It could be mild, an almost poetic longing. Or it could be visceral, deep, an overwhelming feeling that eats into your everyday life. Come with Gail Tolley as she introduces a deep dive into homesickness.
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
English Miscellany, 18th Century
Date: 1703-1786Reference: MS.8405- Books
Medici nella storia d'Italia : per una tipologia della professione medica / Giorgio Cosmacini.
Cosmacini, Giorgio.Date: 1996- Pictures
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Clypeola ionthlaspi: entire flowering plant with separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17128i- Pictures
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Waterwort (Elatine sp.): flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17247i- Pictures
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Myagrum aegyptium: flowering and fruiting stem with separate root and segments of flower, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17131i