Stories
- Article
Cloves to mull, mask and numb
Sweet, pungent, warm, woody: cloves smell and taste like Christmas. But there’s much more to this spice than that.
- Article
The mystery of the malignant brain
In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.
- Article
The case of the cancerous stomach
Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.
- Article
Lindsey Fitzharris’s prescription for writing
The Wellcome Book Prize shortlisted author of ‘The Butchering Art’ answers five questions on health, inspiration and storytelling.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Antiseptics
Date: c.1910, plus Typescript table of disinfectants c.1930Reference: MS.8352- Archives and manuscripts
'Antiseptics before Lister, a historico-medical survey'
Date: 1933Reference: MS.8109Part of: Fraser-Harris, David Fraser (1867-1937)- Books
Antiseptics and chemotherapy / by Alexander Fleming.
Fleming, Alexander, Sir, 1881-1955.Date: [1939]- Books
Antiseptics, old and new / Alexander Fleming.
Fleming, Alexander, Sir, 1881-1955.Date: 1946- Archives and manuscripts
'Antiseptics before Lister: a historico-medical survey'
Date: 1933Reference: MSS.8109-8112, 8114-8120 & 8122Part of: Fraser-Harris, David Fraser (1867-1937)