Stories
- Article
Graphic battles in pharmacy
James Morison’s campaign against the medical establishment inspired a wave of caricatures mocking his quack medicine.
- Article
Doctors and the English seaside
Fashionable seaside towns in England owe much of their popularity to 18th-century doctors, who advised them to take the 'sea cure'.
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
- Article
The power of unicorns
Discover the unlikely connection between pharmaceuticals and unicorns.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Copies of plans, caricatures of staff (1918), photographs of sketches scratched on the windows of the psychiatric ward in the 19th cent., reports of activities at the Army Medical School 1906, and bye-laws, 1953, re Netley military land
Date: Mid 19th Century - mid 20th centuryReference: RAMC/801/7/3Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection
- Pictures
A patient sits helplessly in a chair while proponents of different medicines brawl with each other, overturning tables and chairs; beneath, a comic strip and a further six comic episodes. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852.Date: 1 March 1834Reference: 640599iPart of: Everybody's album & caricature magazine
- Books
- Online
Chronicles in cartoon : a record of our own times. XI. Science and medicine.
Robinson, Bertram Fletcher.Date: [1906]- Books
Caricatures from the art collection, National Library of Medicine / [Sheila M. Parker].
Parker, Sheila M. (Sheila Margaret), 1925-Date: 1959- Archives and manuscripts
John Timlin's drawings
Date: Mid 20th century - late 20th centuryReference: PP/ADA/F/4Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)