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Pat Smith of Mari Arts and the Mari Lwyd (Photo by Western Mail Archive/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
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Welsh Christmas traditions through history

Breakfast with champagne glass and pipe, . Found in the Collection of Residenzgalerie Salzburg. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images))
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Surgical history: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A group of surgeons operate with the use of carbolic acid, a disinfectant also known as phenol, in an era when surgical gowns, caps, masks and gloves had not yet dawned.(Photo by Getty Images)
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From bone setting in ancient Egypt to organ transplants: a brief history of surgery

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Clinic at the School of Dentistry, Paris, 1892. A female student treating a patient under supervision. (Photo by Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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Q&A What are the roots of dentistry? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A medieval illustration showing a doctor bleeding a patient
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A history of medicine 14 surprising facts

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Global stories of museum artefacts . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Historical recipe Classic canelés

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Pharaohs’ pants & knightly toilet troubles: teaching history to kids . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bridgerton. (L to R) Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma, Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton in episode 204 of Bridgerton. Cr. Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2022
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Halloween monsters: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Halloween traditions: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A family history of the world . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Cuba & the USA: an intertwined history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.