Stories
- Book extract
A doctor, his community and coronavirus
Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.
- Article
Cracks that let the light in
Rai Waddingham lives with voices other people cannot hear. Here she describes how she has come to accept, understand and calm her voices, and to acknowledge her strength.
- Article
The pain that punished feminists
In a society that viewed getting the vote, and pursuing an education and career, as unnatural goals for women, the pain of endometriosis was viewed as nature’s retribution.
- Article
The fine line between collecting and hoarding
Being ‘a collector’ is often celebrated but being labelled ‘a hoarder’ can be humiliating, at best. Georgie Evans asks what makes one set of objects a collection and another a hoard.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
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M0006642: Doctor's bag
Date: 11 March 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/56/17Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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M0006641: Doctor's bag, with instruments in foreground.
Date: 11 March 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/56/16Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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M0006643: Doctor's bag used to carry instruments
Date: 11 March 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/56/18Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Pictures
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Thomas Dromgoole speaking at a meeting of the Catholic Board in Dublin; represented as Doctor Drum "letting the cat out of the bag". Coloured etching, 1813.
Date: 1813Reference: 12207i- Archives and manuscripts
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M0004142EA: Netsuke of blind lutist, with Biwa in bag a slung over shoulder / M0004142EB: Netsuke of blind man lifting a round object
Date: January 1935Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/33/89Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive