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Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
History & The Arts

Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

...busy; nor does rest act in the same way with everybody. Accordingly I allow that vomiting should not be practised for the sake of luxury; on account of health I believe from experiment that it is sometimes rightly practised, nevertheless with this reservation, that no one who wants to keep well, and live to old age, should make it a daily habit. He who after a meal wants...
Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...busy doing the washing to be given any schooling. Wymondham Bridewell is now a heritage museum and open to the public. Populations were even more fragmented in local prisons. Legislation required that male prisoners were kept separate from female prisoners, that prisoners awaiting trial (or on remand) were kept separate from those who had been convicted, and that petty...
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Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to exoplanets

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