Stories
- Article
Mistakes and perfect medicine
This week our anonymous GP reflects on how a mistake made in a busy, stressful environment could have had serious consequences.
- Article
A medieval guide to practical magic
With few sources of effective help available when treating an injured patient, the medieval physician could instead stage a healing ceremony using a practical how-to guide he carried with him.
- In pictures
Medical manipulations and the history of physiotherapy
From gymnastics to splints and uterine massage, the history of physiotherapy takes in a surprisingly broad range of people and practices.
- Article
Mapping the body
These intricate anatomical drawings show how Ayurveda practitioners have explored the human body and how it works.
Catalogue
- Books
- Online
Almost a Legend - John Fry : Leading Reformer of General Practice.
Blythe, MaxDate: 2007- Archives and manuscripts
Volume 57. 'Medical Genetics: Development of Ethical Dimensions in Clinical Practice and Research'
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCLDate: 2013 - 2016Reference: GC/253/A/57Part of: Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
North Shore University Hospital at Glen Cove - "The Impact of Genetic Information on the Practice of Medicine" (23 November 1993)
Date: 1993Reference: JDW/2/8/1/276Part of: James D. Watson Collection- Books
- Online
Dr. Charles Badham : Professor of the Practice of Medicine in the University of Glasgow, 1827-1841 / by James Finlayson.
Finlayson, James, 1840-1906.Date: 1900- Archives and manuscripts
Transcripts
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCLDate: 2013 - 2016Reference: GC/253/A/57/4Part of: Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars