Stories
- Article
Remote diagnosis from wee to the Web
Medical practice might have moved on from when patients posted flasks of their urine for doctors to taste, but telehealth today keeps up the tradition of remote diagnosis – to our possible detriment.
- Article
The doctor who challenged the unicorn myth
Our era of fake news and medical misinformation is nothing new. Estelle Paranque relays the thrusts and parries of a 440-year-old row over a magical cure-all, the unicorn horn.
- In pictures
The original drama of operating theatres
Medicine as ‘theatre’ began in the 16th century, when paying audiences enjoyed candlelight, live music – and a cadaver being dissected in front of them, all the in name of education.
- Article
There’s more to gingerbread than ginger
‘Bake-Off’ finalist Mary-Anne Boermans treats us to the warm and enticing pleasures of gingerbread over centuries.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Italian Sermons, 16th Century
Date: 16th centuryReference: MS.5261- Archives and manuscripts
English Medical Notebook, 16th-Century
Date: Late 16th centuryReference: MS.6228- Archives and manuscripts
Three undated sermons
Date: 16th centuryReference: MS.5261/2Part of: Italian Sermons, 16th Century- Archives and manuscripts
41 sermons preached between Ash Wednesday and the Tuesday following Easter Sunday
Date: 16th centuryReference: MS.5261/1Part of: Italian Sermons, 16th Century- Archives and manuscripts
Notes on urinary disorders
Date: Late 16th centuryReference: MS.6228/9Part of: English Medical Notebook, 16th-Century