Culture

The Cardigans' Car

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The Cardigans' pop video depicts a young woman driving in a distinctively similar car to that of the object in the study.

Alice Cooper 'Poison'

Your name: 
Lulu
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1c14Z0YUTU

'car' by Harry Crews

Your name: 
catherine Hoffmann
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Harry crews, American novelist. Born: June 6, 1935 had a youthful fixation with cars in South Georgia.

Ancient Roman Lead Poisoning

Your name: 
Ian Marshman
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The Ancient Romans knew lead was poisonous but saw the advantages of piped water as being worth the risk as long as the water was kept moving.

Rapunzel Syndrome

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In the fairytale Rapunzel the wife has an abnormal craving for green shoots called rapunzels. She makes her husband climb a wall into a sorceress' garden to retrieve them.

Ladybird book 1960's 'People at work' The Nurse

Your name: 
Julie and Theo Brixey-Williams
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Insight into life on the children's ward in the 1960's ? Ladybird book 'People at Work' The Nurse

Boy apparently dies due to licking walls painted with paint containing lead

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My mother used to run a dance group. The group consisted mainly of girls however there was one boy (approx. age 8) . He had a habit of licking the walls in his house.

Perceptions of mental retardation

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The clinical notes refer to "a case of mental retardation" at a time when "ability" was largely seen as innate.

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