Stories
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Graphic battles in pharmacy
James Morison’s campaign against the medical establishment inspired a wave of caricatures mocking his quack medicine.
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The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.
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Foraging for a taste of the past
Follow tips from a professional forager to recreate delicious 18th-century recipes from plants growing wild in parks and on urban wasteland.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
M0007503: Display of pharmaceutical pestles and mortars
Date: 6 September 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/64/51Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
M0007505: Display of pharmaceutical pestles and mortars
Date: 6 September 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/64/53Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
M0007504: Display of pharmaceutical pestles and mortars
Date: 6 September 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/64/52Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Photograph of pestles and mortars Corbyn, Stacey & Co's
Date: c.1900Reference: MS.8101/5/3Part of: Corbyn & Co., chemists and druggists, London- Digital Images
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Ancient Egyptian Kohl pot minature pestle and mortar