Stories
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A virtual view of history
Step inside Anne Frank’s house or explore the galleries in a museum destroyed by fire. VR brings history and art satisfyingly close when we’re unable to get there in person.
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Mapping the body
These intricate anatomical drawings show how Ayurveda practitioners have explored the human body and how it works.
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A symbol of a lost homeland
The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.
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The evil eye and social anxiety
The ‘look’ of the evil eye is believed to bring bad luck, illness or even death. This ancient curse might be deliberate, inflicted with an envious glare, or it could be accidental, the result of undue attention or excessive praise.
Catalogue
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Arabian drugs in early medieval Mediterranean medicine / Zohar Amar and Efraim Lev.
Amar, ZoharDate: 2017- Books
Études de pharmacologie arabe tirées de manuscrits inédits : Le livre de la droguerie d'Abuʼr-Rayḥān al-Bērūnī. II Les premières mentions en arabe du thé et de son descriptions de drogues simple du Chérif al-Idrīsī / par Max Meyerhof.
Meyerhof, Max, 1874-1945.Date: 1997- Books
Arabic medicine in China : tradition, innovation, and change / by Paul D. Buell, Eugene N. Anderson.
Buell, Paul D.Date: 2021- Archives and manuscripts
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Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine Collection Dossiers
Date: 1937 - 1964Reference: WA/HMM/CM/Col/115Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Books
Sketches in the history of medicine / by Charles Singer.
Singer, Charles, 1876-1960.Date: 1928-1930