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Visual, Oral, and Textual Cultures of Medicine: the Silk Paintings of Amé Bourdon
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Visual, Oral, and Textual Cultures of Medicine: the Silk Paintings of Amé Bourdon

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  • December 18, 2025
Fact and Superstition in William Fry’s “Recipe Book”
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Fact and Superstition in William Fry’s “Recipe Book”

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  • August 14, 2025
Giving Life to the History of Blood Transfusion
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Giving Life to the History of Blood Transfusion

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  • January 16, 2025
Visionary Technology: Exploring Eyeglasses and Impairment in the NLM Collection
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Visionary Technology: Exploring Eyeglasses and Impairment in the NLM Collection

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  • October 10, 2024
Ghāyat al-Itqān vs Ghāyat al-Bayān: Similarities and differences
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Ghāyat al-Itqān vs Ghāyat al-Bayān: Similarities and differences

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  • September 19, 2024
Ghāyat al-Bayān: A Master Storyteller of Medical Knowledge Transmission
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Ghāyat al-Bayān: A Master Storyteller of Medical Knowledge Transmission

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  • June 13, 2024
Reading Remedy Books: Manuscripts and the Making of a National Medical Tradition
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Reading Remedy Books: Manuscripts and the Making of a National Medical Tradition

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  • October 26, 2023
The Palmistry Entertainment of Praetorius, 1661
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The Palmistry Entertainment of Praetorius, 1661

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  • October 12, 2023
The Artificial Teledioptric Eye, or Telescope, 1685–86
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The Artificial Teledioptric Eye, or Telescope, 1685–86

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  • August 10, 2023
Shakespeare and the Four Humors
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Shakespeare and the Four Humors

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  • June 23, 2022

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