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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 evil eye and social anxiety
The ‘look’ of the evil eye is believed to bring bad luck, illness or even death. This ancient curse might be deliberate, inflicted with an envious glare, or it could be accidental, the result of undue attention or excessive praise.
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Details of the paintings on the triumphal arch in the courtyard of William III of Orange in The Hague, showing scenes from victorious battles in antiquity and mythological subjects. Engraving.
Reference: 42575i
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A child with two skulls joined together at the vertex, seen from the right. Engraving by J. Basire.
Reference: 37374i
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A child with two skulls joined together at the vertex. Engraving by J. Basire.
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A child with two skulls joined together at the vertex. Engraving by J. Basire after W. Bell.
Bell, William.Reference: 37372i- Books
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A compleat body of husbandry. Containing rules for performing, in the most profitable manner, the whole business of the farmer and country gentleman, in Cultivating, Planting and Stocking of Land; In judging of the several Kinds of Seeds, and of Manures; and in the Management of Arable and Pasture Grounds: Together with The most approved Methods of Practice in the several Branches of Husbandry, From sowing the Seed, to getting in the Crop; and in Breeding and Preserving Cattle, and Curing their Diseases. To which is annexed, The whole Management of the Orchard, the Brewhouse, and the Dairy. Compiled from the original papers of the late Thomas Hale, Esq; And enlarged by many new and useful Communications on Practical Subjects, From the Collections of Col. Stevenson, Mr. Randolph, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Storey, Mr. Osborne, the Reverend Mr. Turner, and others. A Work founded on Experience; and calculated for general Benefit; consisting chiefly of Improvements made by modern Practitioners in Farming; and containing many valuable and useful Discoveries, never before published. Illustrated with a great number of cuts, containing Figures of the Instruments of Husbandry; of useful and poisonous Plants, and various other Subjects, engraved from Original Drawings. Published by his Majesty's Royal Licence and Authority. ...
Hale, Thomas, Esq.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]-59