Stories
- Article
Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
- Long read
The ambivalence of air
Daisy Lafarge investigates the effects of air quality and pressure on body and mind, exploring air as cure, but one with contradictions.
- Interview
Inside the mind of George Vasey, co-curator of Misbehaving Bodies
Discover how curator George Vasey honoured the approaches of Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery, who mischievously subvert clichés around illness and death.
- Article
The making of ‘Quacks’
How do you create a medical comedy that’s authentic and laugh-out-loud funny?
Catalogue
- Books
Practical observations on the principal diseases of the eyes : illustrated with cases / translated from the Italian of Antonio Scarpa, with notes, by James Briggs.
Scarpa, Antonio, 1752-1832.Date: 1980- Books
The collected essays of Sir William Osler / edited with introduction by John P. McGovern and Charles G. Roland.
Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919.Date: 1985- Books
Pathology and treatment of diseases of the skin : for practitioners and students / by Moriz Kaposi ; translation of the last German ed. under the supervision of James C. Johnston.
Kaposi, Moriz, 1837-1902.Date: [1985], ©1985- Books
William Osler's collected papers on the cardiovascular system / edited with introduction by W. Bruce Fye.
Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919.Date: 1988- Books
Classics of medicine and allied diseases : a selection from the History of Medicine Department, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation Library.
Mayo Clinic. History of Medicine Department.Date: 1967