Stories
- Article
The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
- 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'.
- Article
Native Americans and the dehumanising force of the photograph
In the second part of Native Americans through the 19th-century lens, we delve deeper into the ambivalent messages within the images.
- Article
Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
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Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Stone, Thomas Madden (fl. 1838-1882), Librarian of Royal College of Surgeons of England and autograph collector
Stone, Thomas Madden, fl. 1838-1882Date:Â 18th century - 19th centuryReference:Â MS.7074- Archives and manuscripts
Bankart, James (1834-1902), surgeon and ophthalmologist
Bankart, James (1834-1902), MB Lond, FRCSDate:Â Mid 19th century - late 19th centuryReference:Â PP/JBA- Archives and manuscripts
Groups of letters to other recipients
Date:Â 18th century - 19th centuryReference:Â MS.7074/6Part of:Â Stone, Thomas Madden (fl. 1838-1882), Librarian of Royal College of Surgeons of England and autograph collector- Archives and manuscripts
Hill, Norman Walter (1852-c.1920), collector
Date:Â late 19th century - early 20th centuryReference:Â MS.7044- Archives and manuscripts
Livestock Poultry
Date:Â Late 19th centuryReference:Â WF/C/M/SL/03/01Part of:Â Wellcome Foundation Ltd