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Witches

Many of the women persecuted as witches in the 16th-century “witch craze” were over 50 and exhibited signs of menopause. Helen Foster suggests that the stigma of the wicked witch still affects older women and how they deal with menopause.

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Diagnosing the past

Historical texts rarely supply enough detail for a definitive diagnosis, so medical historians need to proceed with caution.

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The Key to Memory: Mark it out

Sarah Bentley explores what a papier-mâché figure from Japan can tell us about how and why we remember.

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The healing power of the physic garden

Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.

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  • Eleven scenes of witchcraft. Woodcut, 1720.
  • John Wagstaffe,"The question of witchcraft"
  • A compleat history of magick, sorcery, and witchcraft.
  • R. Scot, Discovery of Witchcraft, titlepage
  • Eleanor doing penance for witchcraft. Engraving by A. Smith, 1811, after R. Smirke.
  • Witchcraft: a man on horseback. Woodcut, 1720.
  • Witchcraft: a bewitched woman vomiting. Woodcut, 1720.
  • The Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III) accusing Jane (Elizabeth) Shore of witchcraft. Engraving.
  • Elizabeth Sawyer, of Edmonton, Middlesex, who was executed for witchcraft in 1621. Etching, 1794.
  • Saint Anastasius: his head as an amulet against plague and witchcraft. Line engraving, 17--.
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