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May 16, 2025Arsenic was a hidden killer in Victorian homes, but it also played a large part in the British economy. Which comes first: commerce or public health?
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Mar 17, 2025How many planets are there? As with the discovery of Uranus, the answer depends on who you ask. -
Mar 14, 2025Surgeons trying to eliminate pain eventually arrived at anaesthesia – but not before a contest with older, more unusual therapies. Why was mesmerism so magnetic?
