Stories
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
- 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 healing power of the physic garden
Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.
- Article
The doctor who challenged the unicorn myth
Our era of fake news and medical misinformation is nothing new. Estelle Paranque relays the thrusts and parries of a 440-year-old row over a magical cure-all, the unicorn horn.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Royal Society of Medicine: Correspondence
Date: 1907-1911Reference: WTI/RST/D/1Part of: Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Ephemera
- Online
Royal Society of Medicine 1991/92 year planner.
Date: 1991- Archives and manuscripts
Royal Society of Medicine: Miscellaneous correspondence
Date: 1936-1945Reference: WTI/RST/D/4Part of: Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene- Archives and manuscripts
Royal Society of Medicine: Question of amalgamation
Date: 1911-1912Reference: WTI/RST/D/2Part of: Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene- Archives and manuscripts
Royal Society of Medicine: Formation of RSM Section of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, relations with RSTMH
Date: 1919-1934Reference: WTI/RST/D/3Part of: Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
