The loss of a wife rarely altered a man’s status, but the loss of a husband changed a woman’s life forever. Becoming...
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The loss of a wife rarely altered a man’s status, but the loss of a husband changed a woman’s life forever. Becoming... |
Mourning is the outward display of grief. It can make the personal, societal. It is loss shared. For much of history... |
The rituals that followed dying at home made death a community event up to the 1900s. Friends and family gathered to... |
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the College’s Council heard a number of disciplinary cases regarding... |
The College's collection provides a fascinating insight into both neoclassical sculpture and the history of the... |
Remedies to improve the complexion and remove warts, spots and boils have been in use since antiquity. Donkey milk,... |
Working-class skin was a source of fear and a source of knowledge. In the 1800s an increased understanding of... |
Skin markings can be natural, artificial or cultural. They can be marks of transformation, of illness or of self-... |
Dermatology has a relatively short history. Although the first medical text specifically written on the skin dates... |
The skin held little interest for medical practitioners during antiquity and the Renaissance. When it was cut open... |