Adventures in Human Being
Book
Both a user's guide to the body and a celebration of its elegance, this book will transform the way you think about being alive.
Our books
Wellcome Collection publishes books that relate to our exhibitions, collections and areas of interest.
The Book of Human Emotions
Book
A gleeful, thoughtful collection of 156 feelings, both rare and familiar, by Tiffany Watt Smith.
Notes on Blindness
Book
A moving, wise and ultimately life-affirming account of one man's journey into blindness.
All books
Shapeshifters
Book
To be alive is to be in perpetual change. Shapeshifters considers the transformations in mind and body that span the arc of human life.
Medieval Bodies
Book
This striking and unusual history brings together medicine, art and social history to reveal what life was really like in the Middle Ages.
Sound
Book
Sound draws on the extraordinary experience of losing your hearing and - as Bella Bathurst eventually did - getting it back.
In Therapy
Book
1.5 million people are in therapy in the UK. Here, Susie Orbach explores the process of therapy through a series of dramatised case studies.
Ayurvedic Man
Book
A treasury of illustrations and objects from Wellcome’s historical collection that trace encounters with Ayurveda and Indian medicine.
In the Bonesetter’s Waiting Room
Book
The story of the Indian people, in sickness and in health; a unique perspective on the most diverse and fascinating country in the world.
Graphic Warnings
Book
25 vintage postcards showcasing the style and wit of 20th-century public health campaigns and their iconic graphic design.
A Heavy Reckoning
Book
A Heavy Reckoning explores the modern reality of medicine and injury in wartime, giving insights into the limits of human life.
The Smile Stealers
Book
A gruesome yet captivating look at the evolution of dentistry, from the extraction of rotting teeth to the pursuit of the perfect smile.
The Voices Within
Book
A wide-ranging look at the voices in all our heads, examining how we think and what it means for our lives and sense of self.
Notes on Blindness
Book
A moving, wise and ultimately life-affirming account of one man's journey into blindness.
A Practical Course in Personal Magnetism
Book
Unleash your charisma the Victorian way through the power of electric currents, with this forgotten precursor to today’s self-help classics.
Animal Vegetable Mineral
Book
Animal Vegetable Mineral celebrates the beauty and strangeness of ordering systems used to classify nature in the 18th and 19th centuries.
In Therapy
Book
An insightful, honest account of the process of therapy from bestselling author and psychotherapist Susie Orbach.
This Way Madness Lies
Book
An evocatively illustrated exploration of the evolution of the asylum and attitudes towards people with lived experience of mental distress.
The Book of Human Emotions
Book
A gleeful, thoughtful collection of 156 feelings, both rare and familiar, by Tiffany Watt Smith.
This is a Voice
Book
Your voice is a powerful instrument. You use it every single day, but do you know how to look after it? Or to get the best out of it?
States of Mind
Book
A collection of literature, science and art delving into the mysteries of human consciousness, with an introduction by Mark Haddon.
Adventures in Human Being
Book
Both a user's guide to the body and a celebration of its elegance, this book will transform the way you think about being alive.
Tibet's Secret Temple Postcard Book
Book
A book of 25 large format cards, showcasing exquisite details from the temple murals and key artefacts from 'Tibet's Secret Temple'.
Crucial Interventions
Book
Crucial Interventions is a captivating look at the early history of surgery, one of the world’s most mysterious and macabre professions.
Sex by Numbers
Book
Sex by Numbers is an informed, entertaining and eye-opening look at the most enduring of human obsessions.
Forensics
Book
The book examines techniques - from DNA analysis to entomology to digital evidence - that experts use to solve crimes.
The Institute of Sexology
Book
A lavishly illustrated hardback book accompanying ‘The Institute of Sexology’ exhibition.
The Sick Rose
Book
The Sick Rose is a beautifully gruesome and strangely fascinating visual tour through disease in an age before colour photography.
Death
Book
Disturbing, macabre and moving, this beautifully clothbound book examines our enduring desire to make peace with death.
A Guide for the Incurably Curious
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This beautifully illustrated souvenir guide traces the history of Henry Wellcome’s collections.
Brains
Book
This fully illustrated and fascinating exploration of the brain has been published to tie in with the ‘Brains’ exhibition.
High Society
Book
'High Society' explores the spectrum of mind-altering substances across the globe and throughout history.
The Art of Medicine
Book
For thousands of years artists have played a special role in the human quest to understand anatomy, health and disease.
Dirt
Book
Dirt is waste, excrement, rubbish - but what then is soil? Is cleanliness next to godliness - or sterility?
Identity and Identification
Book
This book explores the philosophical, biological, historical and sociopolitical issues underlying our conception of self.
Madness and Modernity
Book
'Madness and Modernity' sets out to chart the theme of madness across a variety of territories in Vienna in 1900.
Medical London
Book
'Medical London' charts the many roles that diseases, treatments and cures have played in the city's sprawling story.
War and Medicine
Book
'War and Medicine' seeks to understand the complex relationship between medical advances and armed conflict.
Skeletons
Book
A 64-page book including all of the burial site photographs commissioned for the exhibition.
Sleeping and Dreaming
Book
'Sleeping and Dreaming' takes a fresh look at the apparently simple questions of why humans need to sleep and dream.
Cures and Curiosities
Book
The Wellcome Library is one of the most extraordinary libraries in the world.
The Heart
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Received First Prize in the popular medicine category for the 2008 Medical Book Awards sponsored by the British Medical Association.
Future Face
Book
This book examines what faces really tell us, what makes them unique, and how art and science transform them.
The Phantom Museum
Book
An anthology of stories, true and imagined, inspired by objects from Henry Wellcome's collection.
Pearls of the Orient
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This lavishly illustrated book celebrates the variety and beauty of the Asian collections preserved in the Wellcome Library.
