![](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection%2Fee7e61c8-e54e-4270-a412-c5c362d9c4ce_05-wellcome+image_heart.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=50)
- Article
- Article
The problem of the punctured heart
During World War II a young American surgeon working in England perfected shrapnel-removal techniques that saved dozens of lives. Discover how one case sealed his reputation as the founder of cardiac surgery.
![](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/3f7d8c68-9c1b-46b6-bdc3-960a66e154b0_EP_001376_0002.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=50)
- Article
- Article
Remote romance and the common cold
Getting creatively romantic due to a virus sounds all too contemporary, but our archives show what socially distanced seduction looked like seven decades ago.
![](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection%2F321482f8-a8d3-4cfe-8a6d-ecc50fe40ecc_venus-feat.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=50)
- Article
- Article
Doctors and the English seaside
Fashionable seaside towns in England owe much of their popularity to 18th-century doctors, who advised them to take the 'sea cure'.
![](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection%2F8a3f9941-5746-498c-8c94-426a2d9c5f12_bexleyheath_spiritualist_16x9.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=50)
- Article
- Article
Close encounters of the spiritualist kind
When it comes to practical and emotional advice, Daphne heeds the words of her lost loved ones. Find out how a spiritualist medium helps her stay in touch.
![](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/5762fed4-21b8-4a94-ba05-bb58ad14462a_EP002572_Alex_Bruce_0004.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=50)
- Article
- Article
How I cured my fear of vomiting
Emetophobia ruled every waking moment of Alex’s life. Until he came to realise he couldn’t live that way any more.
![](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/1ea9efef-c58f-4d57-9792-f3967ee8517b_BTG230216144108-Edit-Edit.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=50)
- Interview
- Interview
Refugee health on a pound a day
Two refugees living a hand-to-mouth existence in the UK explain how trauma has affected their health, and how a little kindness is bringing them hope.