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Thirst is a universal human experience shared with most living beings. With only 3% of the water on Earth being freshwater, our land thirsts too. 'Thirst: In Search of Freshwater' explores humanity’s ...

Leaflet delivered to all households in Britain in 1986/1987 (?) in a sealed envelope (EPH503:2) to inform them about AIDS. The cover resembles a polished black marble slab, with "AIDS" chiseled out of ...

Find books, manuscripts, paintings, illustrations, photos and unpublished archives about Fouré, Jacques R., many of them with free online access.

Leaflet or magazine insert advertising bars of toilet soap with "a very small quantity of arsenic" to nourish the skin, whiten the hands and improve the complexion. It was "guaranteed absolutely ...

What you’ll do. Join Claudia Hammond and a panel of guests from different areas of expertise to discuss the latest evidence on the relationship between water, climate change and health, inspired by ...

The initial deposit, sections A-K, consists mainly of correspondence and associated papers (leaflets, memoranda, extracts from minutes, etc.). There are two main series of correspondence: "People" and ...

Mandalay to Momien : A narrative of the two expeditions to western China of 1868 and 1875, under Colonel Edward B. Sladen and Colonel Horace Browne / by John Anderson ; with maps and illustrations.

When a woman discloses that she’s autistic, the reaction is often, “But you don’t look autistic,” or even a straight denial, “No you’re not.” This insightful and moving series of portraits and ...

At the heart of this approach was the belief that foul air caused tuberculosis. Despite Robert Koch’s discovery of the TB germ, Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 1882, the foul-air theory continued to ...

Tobacco is a nightshade plant first introduced to Europe in the 16th century. The leaf had been widely used for centuries by the peoples of North and South America, where smoking formed an important ...

Short-wave therapy : the medical uses of electrical high frequencies / by Erwin Schliephake ; authorized English translation by R. King Brown from the third German edition ; with foreword by Elkin P.