Stories
- Article
Chillies and the trouble with Scoville
Measuring the heat of these peppers can leave you a little lukewarm.
- Article
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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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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Plant portraits
The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Pharmacist's scrapbook
Lewis Herbert Llewellyn (1860-1932), pharmacist, of the West End Drug Store, Bridgwater, Somerset.Date: 1916-1932Reference: MS.8568- Books
Pharmacist-cum-printer / [Professor P. Isaac].
Isaac, P.Date: 1971
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Pharmacist's Recipe Book, 19th Century, English
Date: 19th centuryReference: MS.8158- Archives and manuscripts
Pharmacist's bill for medicines supplied to Pompeo Signorini by Leopoldo Forini
Date: 1604-1805Reference: MS.5862/21Part of: Italian Medical Miscellany, 17th-19th Century- Archives and manuscripts
Wellcome's Pharmacist's Diary
Date: 1927-1928Reference: WF/M/PB/11/31Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd
