Stories
- In pictures
Bloodletting at the barber-surgeon’s
Scratchy throat? Burning fever? Broken heart? It all comes down to the same issue: too much blood.
- Article
When monarchs healed the sick
Our current Queen fortunately doesn’t have to spend hours laying hands on the sick to cure them. But it was a different story for monarchs of the early modern era, whose touch was a sought-after treatment for scrofula.
- Interview
Inside the minds of Teeth’s two curators, James Peto and Emily Scott-Dearing
James Peto and Emily Scott-Dearing talk visceral reactions, their interactions and object extractions.
- 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
Barber-Surgeons of London
Barber-Surgeons of LondonDate: 1858Reference: MS.1054- Archives and manuscripts
Barber-Surgeons' Company, London
Barber-Surgeons' Company, LondonDate: 14 March 1717Reference: MS.5181- Pictures
- Online
Barber-Surgeons' Hall, Monkwell Street, London: the facade. Process print.
Reference: 23480i- Archives and manuscripts
Barber-Surgeons' Company: material collected by Sir D'Arcy Power (1855-1941)
Power, Sir D'Arcy (1855-1941)Date: 1635-1914Reference: MSS.627-628- Digital Images
- Online
Barber-Surgeon's Hall, Monkwell Street. Engraving published 29 Sept. 1800. From Memoranda of Barber-Surgeons. 2 MS. No. 2678.