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Isabel Lauterjung finds some curious references to weapon salves and the cure of wounds at a distance in the archives of the Royal Society.

Keith Moore tells the stories of scientists who have fallen foul of the authorities, from Galileo and Samuel Pepys to Holloway Prison inmates Thomas Pelham Dale and Kathleen Lonsdale.

Rupert Baker finds an eclectic range of subject matter in the Library's copies of The Gentleman's Magazine.

As the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary festivities draw to a close, we’re starting to plan ahead for a library-themed celebration of our own.