Stories
- Article
Aphasia and drawing elephants
When Thomas Parkinson investigated the history of “speech science”, he discovered an unexpected link between empire, elephants and aphasia.
- Article
Chemotherapy-day drawings
Undergoing treatment for bowel cancer, artist Clare Smith produced around 70 abstract drawings while sitting in the chemotherapy chair. She reflects on how creativity can bring respite in a crisis.
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Drawing the human animal
We might try to deny our animal instincts, but this series of extraordinary 17th-century drawings suggests they are only too apparent.
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The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria
A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
'Paintings - old cards (valuable)'
Date: 1930s-1940sReference: WA/HMM/IC/3/E.4Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
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Paintings, arranged in subject order: medicine and surgery
Date: 1960s-1980sReference: WA/HMM/IC/3/U.2Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
Paintings (including portraits) alphabetical by title
Date: 1930s-1940sReference: WA/HMM/IC/3/EPart of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Paintings, arranged in subject order: Sciences
Date: 1960s-1980sReference: WA/HMM/IC/3/U.1Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
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Paintings registration cards [19/1935 - 142/1976]
Date: 1935-1976Reference: WA/HMM/IC/3/D.1Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library