[PDR] Proving it: The American Provers’ Union documents certain ill effects

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*PROVING IT: THE AMERICAN PROVERS’ UNION DOCUMENTS CERTAIN ILL EFFECTS*


*What would induce physicians to ingest mercury to the point of vomiting 
and to painstakingly note down the effects of imbibing large amounts of 
cannabis tincture? Alicia Puglionesi explores the history of “proving”, 
the practice of auto-experimentation which forms the cornerstone of 
homeopathic medicine.*
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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/09/04/proving-it-the-american-provers-union-documents-certain-ill-effects/>

*Curator's Choice #3
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    VISUAL NATION MAKING AND FORGETTING

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Henrik Holm, curator at the National Gallery of Denmark, looks at the 
making of the Danish painting canon and its relation to the construction 
of a national identity.

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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/09/03/visual-nation-making-and-forgetting/>






New Collection Items


    EDISON’S BACKWARDS BICYCLE RIDER (1899)

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    An animated GIF created by Okkult Motion Pictures excerpted from
    Bicycle Trick Riding (1899), a 38” film dated March 20th, 1899 by
    Thomas A. Edison, showing perhaps the first ever footage of a
    bicycle trick.

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    <http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/09/02/edisons-backwards-bicycle-rider-1899/>




        THAT TO STUDY PHILOSOPHY IS TO LEARN TO DIE (1580)

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An essay from 16th century French essayist Michel de Montaigne in which 
he turns his thoughts to mortality and the need to face it head on 
without fear.

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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/08/29/that-to-study-philosophy-is-to-learn-to-die-1580/>



    ENGRAVINGS FROM A FRENCH ICE-SKATING MANUAL (1813)

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    Coloured engravings from France’s first ice-skating manual Le Vrai
    Patineur (The True Skater) written by Jean Garcin, a book praised in
    Honoré de Balzac’s Illusions Perdues.

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    <http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/08/20/engravings-from-a-french-ice-skating-manual-1813/>


    THE WISDOM OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1904)

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    A book of posthumously collected extracts from the writings of
    Robert Louis Stevenson, the Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and
    travel writer, most famous for his books Treasure Island and The
    Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

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    <http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/08/15/the-wisdom-of-robert-louis-stevenson-1904/>


    A SELECTION FROM THE GETTY’S OPEN CONTENT PROGRAM

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    Our selection of highlights from the The Getty's recently announced
    Open Content Program which sees more than 4500 images from their
    collection made available under an open license, meaning anyone can
    share the images freely and without restriction. Read More »
    <http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/08/14/selection-from-the-gettys-open-content-program/>



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