Stories
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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Bringing Braille back to the modern world
For anyone who thinks Braille is so last century, read on. New tech is helping dust Braille down and bring it to today’s visually impaired people.
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Would you like to buy a unicorn?
The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.
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Cocaine, the Victorian wonder drug
Today, cocaine has a very poor public image as one of the causes of crime and violence. But for the Victorians it was welcomed as the saviour of modern surgery.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Personal papers of Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853-1936)
Date: 1800-1985Reference: WA/HSW- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 6
Date: Aug 1901 - Jul 1903Reference: WF/E/01/01/06Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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Les dangers de la sympathie; lettres de Henriette de Belval, au baron de Luzi, & de différentes personnes qui ont eu part aux principaux évènemens de sa vie; rédigées & mises au jour par m. N*******. Premiere partie.
Nougaret, P. J. B. (Pierre Jean Baptiste), 1742-1823.Date: M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]- Books
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Letters from Emerance to Lucy. Translated from the French of Madame Le Prince de Beaumont. In two volumes. ...
Leprince de Beaumont, Madame (Jeanne-Marie), 1711-1780.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Books
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Le nœud gordien.
[Freville, Anne François Joachim, 1749-1832]Date: M.DCC.LXX. [1770]