Stories
- Article
The law of periodicity for menstruation
Dr Edward Clarke's Law of Periodicity claimed that females who were educated alongside their male peers were developing their minds at the expense of their reproductive organs.
- Article
Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
- Article
Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
- Book extract
Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Camberwell House Asylum
Camberwell House AsylumDate: mid 19th century - late 19th centuryReference: MSS.6220-6221- Archives and manuscripts
Godfrey-Faussett Family Receipts
Date: Mid 17th century - early 19th centuryReference: MSS.7997-8002, 8680- Archives and manuscripts
Gardner, John (1804-1880): Manuscript Notebook
Gardner, John (1804-1880)Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: MS.8726- Archives and manuscripts
Hill, Norman Walter (1852-c.1920), collector
Date: late 19th century - early 20th centuryReference: MS.7044- Books
Medicine in modern Britain 1780-1950 / Deborah Brunton.
Brunton, DeborahDate: 2019