Wellcome uses cookies.

Read our policy
Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events

Stories

  • Article

Lovesickness and ‘The Love Thief’

An 11th-century poem of love, lust and possibly gruesome death still resonates today.

  • Article

The healing power of the physic garden

Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.

  • Article

Lonely bodies are hungry for more than turkey

At Christmas, many charities provide dinners for homeless or isolated people. Food is central to festive celebrations, but it can also satisfy our hunger for belonging and community.

  • Article

Good animals, bad humans?

Could an animal be more evolved than a human? Victorian psychologists thought that in some cases the answer could be ‘yes’.

All stories (9)

Images

  • Mortality; H. Gavin, 1848
  • Electromagnet apparatus, circa 1848
  • Electromagnet apparatus, c.1848
  • Medical Times, October 16th 1848.
  • Village School, Montacute, Somerset. Wood engraving, 1848.
  • François Vincent Raspail. Lithograph by Jourdy, 1848.
  • Sir John Simon. Lithograph by C. Baugniet, 1848.
  • George Budd. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1848.
  • George Budd. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1848.
  • George Renny. Lithograph by H. O'Neill, 1848.
All images (1.1K)

Catalogue

All works (5.4K)