Stories
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Plant portraits
The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.
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Medieval doodles
Fish, lute players and defaced demons: marginal doodles in some of Europe’s first printed books provide a tantalising glimpse into the late-medieval mind.
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A body apart from the head
We look back at the importance of the head, from how it’s influenced our language to the bold political statement of having it removed.
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When wounds replace words
For the many thousands of refugees waiting in Greece, the process to establish the truth of their tragic personal histories is often extremely upsetting. But a group of medics and legal workers is working together to make the system more humane.
Catalogue
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Mutual admiration : British and Dutch medicine around the time of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 with a section on the discords in the College of Physicians, and some of the doctors who attended the King and Queen.
Date: [1988]- Books
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List of the portraits and other works of art in the Royal College of Physicians of London.
Royal College of Physicians of London.Date: 1900- Archives and manuscripts
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M0000120: portrait of Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894), physician
Date: 18 July 1929Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/2/118Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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M0000116: portrait of Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818 - 1865), physician
Date: 18 July 1929Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/2/114Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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M0000264: Portrait of Samuel Thomas von Sommering (1755 - 1830)
Date: August 1929Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/4/23Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive