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Witchcraft accusations an ‘occupational hazard’ for female workers

19 Sep 2023

Women’s working conditions increased the odds of them being suspected as witches, according to a new analysis of an English astrologer’s case files...

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Image from Johann Amos Comenius, Orbis sensualium pictus quadrilinguis (Nuremberg, 1679), p. 374

How notes and jottings contribute to the history of science

12 Jul 2013

An examination of historic notebooks shows that physicians, and the families who called on their services, made consistent efforts to learn from...

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