Stories
- Article
The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
- Article
The law of periodicity for menstruation
Dr Edward Clarke's Law of Periodicity claimed that females who were educated alongside their male peers were developing their minds at the expense of their reproductive organs.
- Article
The soul in the stomach
A 17th-century physician’s controversial theory about the link between the emotions and the stomach reminds us that we shouldn’t ignore our ‘gut feelings’.
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Defying deafness through music
Did you know that Beethoven’s profession meant he was ashamed to admit to being deaf? Find out how similar prejudices persist today and how our writer is helping to break them down.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Health Education and Promotion
Date: 1987-1993Reference: SA/ASH/T/5/46Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Archives and manuscripts
British Society for Social Responsibility in Science - Burian
Date: 1946-1976Reference: PP/MLV/C/2/15Part of: Vogt, Dr Marthe Louise (1903-2003)- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0003938 - C0005784
Date: 2000-2001Reference: WT/B/11/1/33Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0010149 - C0012901
Date: c.2000-c.2002Reference: WT/B/11/1/36Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
Who has seen a blood sugar? : reflections on medical education / Frank Davidoff with Susan Deutsch, Kathleen L. Egan, Jack Ende.
Davidoff, Frank, 1934-Date: 1996