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January 01, 2017; Volume 452,Issue 1

Geology and Medicine: Historical Connections

Editors: C. J. Duffin, The Natural History Museum, UK
C. Gardner-Thorpe, University of Exeter Medical School, UK and
R. T. J. Moody, Kingston University, UK

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Extract from the frontispiece to the De Lapidibus (‘On Stones’) section of Hortus Sanitatis (‘Garden of Health’) (1491); buyers come to purchase therapeutic and ornamental geological specimens. Image courtesy of The Wellcome Library, London.

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