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Explores the psychosociology of modern food consumption through Roland Barthes' perspective.

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Grand electrical apparatus. In the possession of Mr. F. Lowndes medical electrician, St. Pauls Church Yard. This machine, esteemed the most complete and powerful in Europe, has established the medical ...

Today smoking is seen publicly as a deadly vice, privately perhaps as more of a guilty pleasure. Follow tobacco’s journey over the centuries from medical remedy to killer carcinogen.

<p>Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) was an expert in neurology and psychiatry. He had a clinic at the Salpêtrière hospital in Paris. At that time the Salpêtrière combined a lunatic asylum with a home ...

<p>Alcibiades and Socrates are said by Plutarch to have fought side by side in the Potidaea campaign 432-431 BC. Although both warriors distinguished themselves during the battle, when Alcibiades was ...

Our collections are an incredible resource for all kinds of research, whether you are an artist or writer looking for inspiration, an academic researcher, or just curious about something in our ...

Panorama of Hong Kong showing the fleet for North China Expedition, March 1860 ...

Skeletons dancing. Etching by R. Stamper after C. Sharp.[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1700 and 1799] ...

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Explore the profound impact of physical work on health and the enduring fight for workers’ rights through our new major exhibition.