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Why do some older authors put a line through all but the first letter of some of the names in their works?
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IAMA historian specialising in the histories of medicine, emotions, and childhood in England in the early modern period (c1580-1720). AMA about early medicine, recovery, illness, and how I teach school children to use their senses to learn about the history of medicine.
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Before smoking was widely known to be as unhealthy as it is, what would smokers think was wrong with them when they started suffering from things like "smokers cough" (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) or other similar ailments?
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In the UK, 1931, the Conservative party achieved an absolute majority with 55% of the popular vote and 470 seats. Why did they not form a government of their own, but instead form a national government with the Liberal parties and with National Labour's Ramsay Macdonald as Prime Minister?
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Were philosophers we respect today, such as Nietzsche and Voltaire, considered pretentious and annoying in their day? Similar to how many people today feel about wanna-be philosophers and psychologists? What was the general public's opinion of them?
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