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Original MS. list, written by several hands. With MS. transcript. The original document is endorsed: 'Names of the witches. 1658'.

Credit: Good fare in war-time / issued by the Board of Education. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Elements of agricultural chemistry, in a course of lectures for the Board of Agriculture / By Sir Humphry Davy.

Credit: Outlines of inquiry relating to hygienic, medical, and surgical experience in the war. Source: Wellcome Collection. Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library ...

Commissioned officers in the medical services of the British Army, 1660-1960 / [A. Peterkin, William Johnston, R. Drew].

The tenth annual report of the Chinese Hospital, at Shanghae, from January 1st, to December 31st, 1856 / by the Committee.

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.

In 1950, an American journalist popularised the term ‘brainwashing’, arguing that a new amalgam of technology, medicine and ideology was allowing an onslaught on people’s minds. In this abridged ...

What is the ideal pillow? In Chinese culture, the ideal shifted over time, and views on a good sleep also reveal attitudes about studying, love, food and drink.

A 17th-century physician’s controversial theory about the link between the emotions and the stomach reminds us that we shouldn’t ignore our ‘gut feelings’.

How do you avoid catching the plague? Smoke constantly. Carry a sponge soaked in vinegar. Hang oranges studded with cloves around your house. This was the best medical advice available circa 1665, as ...