Stories
- Book extract
Renaissance women and their killer cosmetics
In this extract from ‘How to be a Renaissance Woman’, Jill Burke delves into a complex world of beauty products, poison and patriarchy – and reveals the impossible contradictions of femininity faced by 16th-century women.
- Article
The power of unicorns
Discover the unlikely connection between pharmaceuticals and unicorns.
- Book extract
How to stay together while keeping apart
Vivek Murthy explores how we can keep physically distant while staying emotionally connected.
- Article
The tradesman who confronted the pestilence
The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Published Papers 1973 - 74
Date: 1973 - September 1974Reference: PP/WRO/D/10Part of: Professor Oliver Wrong- 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
Company-wide Newsletters & Journals (internal)
Date: 1942 - 2000Reference: WF/M/PB/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Pictures
- Online
A physician dressed in protective plague costume. Line engraving after J.J. Manget.
Manget, Jean-Jacques, 1652-1742.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 10075i- Pictures
- Online
A woman in bed in a sick-room, attended by a physician, receiving the blessing of the Madonna del Parto. Oil painting by R. Pistoni, 1872.
Pistoni, R. (Painter in Rome), active 1872.Date: 1872Reference: 44870i