An exhumed mummy in St. Stephen's Crypt in Westminster. Chalk lithograph by J. Basire after George Scharf, 1852.

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The cook who became a pariah

Thomas Sankara and the stomachs that made themselves heard

Beating the bodysnatchers

Designing better mental health wards

Malaria: a mosquito flying through a house owing to lack of preventive measures. Colour lithograph by Margo, attributed to Margo Cooke, 1943.

Whitehall, in order to provide more completely for the security of the country against any attempts which may be made on the part of the enemy, it may be expedient to adopt some, or all, of the following measures.

Reflections occasioned by the frequency of fires in the metropolis; with thoughts on measures for adding to public security, and remarks on the law of arson. Addressed to the Right Honourable Lord Kenyon, Lord Chief Justice of England. By Philanthropos.

Museum security = La sécurité dans les musées / Robert G. Tillotson ; translated by Marthe de Moltke.

Museum, archive, and library security / Lawrence J. Fennelly.

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Stories

The cook who became a pariah

Thomas Sankara and the stomachs that made themselves heard

Beating the bodysnatchers

Designing better mental health wards

Images

Catalogue

Malaria: a mosquito flying through a house owing to lack of preventive measures. Colour lithograph by Margo, attributed to Margo Cooke, 1943.

Whitehall, in order to provide more completely for the security of the country against any attempts which may be made on the part of the enemy, it may be expedient to adopt some, or all, of the following measures.

Reflections occasioned by the frequency of fires in the metropolis; with thoughts on measures for adding to public security, and remarks on the law of arson. Addressed to the Right Honourable Lord Kenyon, Lord Chief Justice of England. By Philanthropos.

Museum security = La sécurité dans les musées / Robert G. Tillotson ; translated by Marthe de Moltke.

Museum, archive, and library security / Lawrence J. Fennelly.

Wellcome uses cookies.

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Stories

The cook who became a pariah

Thomas Sankara and the stomachs that made themselves heard

Beating the bodysnatchers

Designing better mental health wards

Images

Catalogue

Malaria: a mosquito flying through a house owing to lack of preventive measures. Colour lithograph by Margo, attributed to Margo Cooke, 1943.

Whitehall, in order to provide more completely for the security of the country against any attempts which may be made on the part of the enemy, it may be expedient to adopt some, or all, of the following measures.

Reflections occasioned by the frequency of fires in the metropolis; with thoughts on measures for adding to public security, and remarks on the law of arson. Addressed to the Right Honourable Lord Kenyon, Lord Chief Justice of England. By Philanthropos.

Museum security = La sécurité dans les musées / Robert G. Tillotson ; translated by Marthe de Moltke.

Museum, archive, and library security / Lawrence J. Fennelly.