Stories
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Indian botanicals and heritage wars
Colonial botanical texts, as astonishingly beautiful as they are, may cast very dark shadows.
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Why the world needs collectors
Those who collect play an important role as “facilitators of curiosity”, says Anna Faherty.
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The meanings of hurt
In the early modern period, gruesome incidents of self-castration and other types of self-injury garnished the literature of the time. Alanna Skuse explores the messages these wounds conveyed.
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Diagnosing OCD in the past
Mining the writings of and about famous historical figures, retrospective psychologists try to diagnose their mental health problems. But, inevitably, partial evidence is open to misinterpretation.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
A Manual of Pharmacy for the Student of Veterinary Medicine; Containing the Substances Employed at The Royal Veterinary College, with an Attempt at their Classification, and the Pharmacopoeia of that Institution, by WJT Morton (6th Edition, 1860) - copy owned by William F Cooper
Date: 1860 - 1864Reference: WF/C/P/02/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
SAINT LUKE'S HOSPITAL {WOODSIDE HOSPITAL}
Date: 1750 - 2001Reference: H64- Books
Freak Babylon : an illustrated history of teratology & freakshows / Jack Hunter.
Hunter, JackDate: 2005- Books
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Classification and uses of finger prints.
Henry, E. R. (Edward Richard), Sir, 1850-1931.Date: 1905- Books
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An introduction to the classification of animals / by Thomas Henry Huxley.
Date: 1869