Stories
- Article
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.
- Article
The hidden history of homesickness
Gail Tolley delves into the history of homesickness and discovers that its rich past holds a clue to how we view the experience today.
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History of condoms from animal to rubber
Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Insanity, 17th Century
Date: 28 September 1685Reference: MS.5647/2Part of: Insanity, 17th century- Archives and manuscripts
Insanity, 17th Century
Date: 21 July 1623Reference: MS.5647/1Part of: Insanity, 17th century- Archives and manuscripts
Water Supply, London, 17th Century
Date: 1694-1695Reference: MS.5659- Archives and manuscripts
Italian Medical Miscellany, 17-18th Century
Date: 17th centuryReference: MS.5861/5Part of: Italian Medical Miscellany, 17-18th Century- Archives and manuscripts
Biographical Notes regarding Galton Ancestry
Date: Mid 17th CenturyReference: GALTON/1/1/9/5/1Part of: Galton Papers