Stories
- In pictures
Testimonies of birth
A 1980s film about childbirth explores how the experience felt for the women featured and offers a glimpse into the big birthing trends of the day.
- Article
Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
- Article
The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.
- Article
Would you like to buy a unicorn?
The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Antidotes in Anaesthesia
Vane, Sir John, FRS (1927-2004), PharmacologistDate: 1955-1973Reference: PP/JRV/E/19Part of: Vane, Sir John Robert (1927-2004)- Archives and manuscripts
ii.Dithiol Compounds as Antidotes for Arsenic
Date: May 1946-June 1946Reference: PP/RHT/B/1/13/2Part of: Thompson, Professor Robert Henry Stewart (1912-1998)- Archives and manuscripts
'Interim Report on the Activity of di-thiol Compounds as Antidotes for Lewisite', L A Stocken and RHST
Date: 21 December 1940Reference: PP/RHT/B/2/6- Archives and manuscripts
'On the Activity of Di-thiol Compounds as Antidotes for Lewisite' Research item no 21, Interim report no 25, L A Stocken and RHST
Date: 21 December 1940Reference: PP/RHT/B/2/8- Books
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Antidotaria; or, a Collection of Antidotes against the Plague, and other Malignant Diseases. Together, With some Decent and Useful Remarks, on the late Pharmacopeia Londinensis, in a Letter to the President and College of Physicians; shewing the Necessity of a farther Reformation of their new London Dispensatory. By Joseph Browne, L.L.M.D.
Browne, Joseph, active 1700-1721.Date: 1721