Stories
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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.
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Exceptional talent and the trouble with IQ tests
Is a high IQ really a mark of genius, or does something else explain the exceptional?
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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
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