Stories
- Article
Female masturbation and the perils of pleasure
Dr Kate Lister exposes the brutal 19th-century ‘cures’ for women who indulged in masturbation.
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Homes for the hives of industry
By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.
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Why the world needs collectors
Those who collect play an important role as “facilitators of curiosity”, says Anna Faherty.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Henry Wellcome Letter Book 5
Date: Jan 1899 - Aug 1901Reference: WF/E/01/01/05Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Pictures
Brill's baths from East Street, Brighton. Lithograph by J. Drayton Wyatt after G.G. Scott.
Wyatt, J. Drayton, active 1854-1878.Reference: 15669i- Pictures
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Buxton, Derbyshire: the baths, with scale key. Wood engraving by B. Sly after H. Currey.
Date: 1853Reference: 15754i- Books
Darwin in Ilkley / Mike Dixon & Gregory Radick.
Dixon, Michael F. (Michael Frederick), 1941-Date: 2009