Stories
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Fantastic beasts and unnatural history
Find out how a 17th-century compendium of the natural world came to present fantastical beasts –like dragons – as real, living creatures.
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Bubbles of history
Since the 1960s, scientists have been able to study the air from past centuries by analysing particles in Arctic ice samples. But as the polar ice melts, the future of this research is changing.
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Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
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A history of twins in science
For thousands of years, twins have been a source of fascination in mythology, religion and the arts. Since the 19th century, they have also been the subject of scientific study and experimentation.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
'Access to Medical Records' - closed material
Date: 1976-1986Reference: SA/PAT/D/16/3aPart of: The Patients Association- Archives and manuscripts
General Correspondence
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCLDate: 2013 - 2015Reference: GC/253/A/55/1Part of: Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence. Surnames 'Cassidy' to 'Meldrum'
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCLDate: 2013 - 2015Reference: GC/253/A/55/2Part of: Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars- 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- Archives and manuscripts
Howard Schaeffer - Transcripts
Date: 30 Oct 1997-12 Feb 2002Reference: WF/M/AV/O/03/30/2Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd