Stories
- Photo story
‘My Hair Is Not…’
Eight Black people talk about their relationship with their hair – their hairstyle history, their experiences, and how they decided to have natural hair.
- Article
Meredith Wadman’s prescription for writing
The Wellcome Book Prize shortlisted author of ‘The Vaccine Race’ answers five questions on health, inspiration and storytelling.
- Article
How your hairdresser could save your life
Barbers and hairdressers have a unique view of us – one that means they can spot potentially dangerous health problems. Find out how buzzcuts can lead to blood-pressure checks, and dip-dyes show the way to the dermatologist.
- Article
Surviving sex work on the streets
In care at four, on the streets at nine, Charmaine has had a traumatic journey to reach life as it is now: no drugs, no sex work, looking after her mum, and enjoying her grandchildren. Here she writes honestly about her past.
Catalogue
- Pictures
Germinal matter: eight figures including cells from humans, a boa and a dog. Line illustration, 1900/1940?.
Date: [1900/1940?]Reference: 569558i- Pictures
Abscess-like growth on the cheek, which developed from a cyst, in an eight year old boy with squamous cell carcinoma. Watercolour by Barbara E. Nicholson, 1947.
Nicholson, BarbaraDate: 1947Reference: 32215iPart of: Barbara Nicholson medical illustration collection.
- Digital Images
- Online
Human embryo for IVF
K. Hardy- Books
The bacterial cell in its relation to problems of virulence, immunity and chemotherapy / by René J. Dubos...With an addendum by C.F. Robinow.
Dubos, René J. (René Jules), 1901-1982.Date: 1945- Books
Biochemistry of differentiation / Charles A. Pasternak.
Pasternak, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)Date: 1970