Stories
- 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?
- Article
The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist
Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.
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Making sunstroke insanity
Medical historian Dr Kristin Hussey takes a closer look at sunstroke and mental illness, and how, in the late 19th century, they connected at the crossroads of colonial science and the idea of whiteness.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Volume 58. 'Air Pollution Research in Britain c.1955 - c.2000'
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCLDate: 2014 - 2016Reference: GC/253/A/58Part of: Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars- Books
- Online
Military memoirs of Great Britain: or, a history of the war, 1755 - 1763. With elegant copperplates. By David Ramsay.
Ramsay, David, of Edinburgh.Date: 1779- Archives and manuscripts
Great Britain
Date: 1955-1972Reference: PP/LOW/Q/10Part of: Margaret Lowenfeld- Archives and manuscripts
Great Britain
Date: 1946-1966Reference: PP/LOW/P/12aPart of: Margaret Lowenfeld- Archives and manuscripts
Transcripts
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCLDate: 2014 - 2016Reference: GC/253/A/58/4Part of: Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars