The College's collection provides a fascinating insight into both neoclassical sculpture and the history of the...
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 The College's collection provides a fascinating insight into both neoclassical sculpture and the history of the... |
 The skin held little interest for medical practitioners during antiquity and the Renaissance. When it was cut open... |
 Exposed skin was a site of suspicion for any cutaneous change. Alongside other disfiguring maladies, the plague... |
 About this projectThe College is looking to document the impact of climate change on health. The... |
 When groups of people leave their home and move to other countries or even just regions within the same country they... |
 In the Middle Ages intentional food deprivation was associated with religious fasting, in more extreme cases known... |
 The origins of evacuatory medicine lie with the humoural system. When a person’s humours became imbalanced this... |
 From Ancient Greece to the 1800s much of medical practice was based around humoural theory. According to this idea,... |
 Friends, neighbours, church ministers and philanthropic members of the landed gentry shared medical recipes and... |
 Chefs and cookbooks have existed since the dawn of time; just think about the Roman cookbook De Re ... |