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Stories of Asian palm-leaf manuscripts

Wellcome’s Adrian Plau shares some the stories behind the Asian palm-leaf manuscripts in our collections. He reveals how British colonialism impacted this special form of knowledge transmission and the challenges involved in unearthing each manuscript’s origins and historical journey to Wellcome Collection.

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How I cured my fear of vomiting

Emetophobia ruled every waking moment of Alex’s life. Until he came to realise he couldn’t live that way any more.

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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life

The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.

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Little feet on Pett Level Beach

Poet and author Penny Pepper has vivid memories of childhood beach trips when her father was still alive, enthusiastically encouraging her curiosity and love of nature.

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  • Palm tree (Inaja palm) with man standing beneath. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • Palm tree (Cocos nucifera?) in arid landscape. Watercolour, 1862.
  • Palm fruits. Colour aquatint by L. Garibbo, c. 1817, after C. Bozzolini.
  • Palm of the right hand of a man suffering from chiro-pompholyx
  • Palm of the left hand of a man suffering from chiro-pompholyx
  • Christ entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.
  • A palm tree. Watercolour.
  • Ming herbal (painting): Gomuti sugar palm
  • Qing Chinese paediatric palm massage chart
  • A palm weevil: adult, larva and pupa in palm fibres. Etching by W. Kelsall after the Revd. L. Guilding.
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