Retrospect
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EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY'S HISTORY, CLASSICS AND ARCHAEOLOGY MAGAZINE

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The Spirometer – A Scientific Instrument Used for Racial Othering

Sarah Toland discusses how the Spirometer initially spurred interest in vital capacity measurements. However, by the 1930s, it became a tool for racial classification in medical research worldwide.
The importance of anonymous texts in breaking social stigma – A Woman in Berlin

Elena Fritzsch explores The anonymity of “A Woman in Berlin”, a poignant memoir of post-war survival.
The Abandoned Hotels of Kupari: The Prosperity and Decline of a Hotel Complex in the Jewel of the Adriatic

Elizabeth Price explores the remnants of the Croatian War for Independence—the Abandoned Hotels of Kupari.
Desperate for a Film: The Kidnapping of Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee

Bella Theodorou explores the daring escape of producer Shin Sang-ok and actress Choi Eun-hee from North Korea.
The Immorality of British Troops during the American Revolutionary War: The Baylor Massacre

The Continental Army in the American War of Independence has consistently been portrayed as immoral when compared to the tactics used by the British Army. However, Isabelle Shaw discusses the lack of British military morality during the Revolution by exploring the consequences of the Baylor Massacre.
Louis Pasteur, lyssavirus, and the journey to the rabies vaccine

The rabies vaccine has been one of the most important contributions to immunology. Ishaabhya Tripathi discusses the work of Louis Pasteur, the man who made the vaccine and the legacy it has.
To what extent were Tsarist failures the main cause of the downfall of the House of Romanov in February 1917?

The Russian Revolution is one of the most complex moments in modern political history. Alexei Joukovski examines the role of the Tsars in ensuring the downfall of the House of Romanov in 1917.
Threads; The Story of a Harrowing Nuclear Drama

During the Cold War, nuclear annihilation was perhaps the most harrowing extinction-level event people worried about. Jess Clark explores how the 1984 BBC television-drama terrified British citizens by showing them what may have been if the bombs dropped.