Stories
- Article
Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
- Book extract
What the wind can bring
In this extract from ‘This Book is a Plant’, Amanda Thomson shares a newfound fascination with flowers, and reveals why our relationship with plants can also be complicated.
- Book extract
Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Explorers Cuttings Book 7
The Wellcome Foundation LtdDate: 1935 - 1940Reference: WF/M/GB/35/04Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7
Date: Aug 1903 - Jul 1904Reference: WF/E/01/01/07Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Videos
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Dust to data / Larry Achiampong & David Blandy.
Achiampong, Larry, 1984-Date: 2021- Books
Women in the history of science : a sourcebook / edited by Hannah Wills, Sadie Harrison, Erika Jones, Farrah Lawrence-Mackey and Rebecca Martin.
Date: 2023- Books
Surveying the record : North American scientific exploration to 1930 / edited by Edward C. Carter II.
Date: 1999