The Doctor Who Challenged the Unicorn Myth | Wellcome Collection

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Written By Irina T.

“I do not believe in the existence of unicorns and therefore the remedy of the horn of the unicorns cannot be real. Some said it looked like a horse, others said it looked like a donkey, others claimed it looked like an elephant. Some claim that there is more than one unicorn species.”

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