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Building the Victorian City: Splendour and Squalor By 1900 Britain had produced the world’s largest cities and...
Christopher Wren’s Medical Discoveries: the ‘Architect of Human Anatomy’ ** Please note that this lecture will contain several mentions...
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To Blame or Not to Blame? The Medical Profession and Blame Culture Traditionally, medicine has been taught by imitation, apprenticeship and humiliation...
Banned Books and Freedom of Expression The right to free expression is severely threatened in many...
"The fangs of the serpent are hid in the bowl": The Temperance Movement How did what started as a temperance movement become a...
How to stay sane despite your teachers and parents Psychology is becoming increasingly popular as a course of study...