Stories
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Reversing the psychiatric gaze
Nineteenth-century psychiatrists were keen to categorise their patients’ illnesses reductively – by their physical appearance. But we can see a far more complex picture of mental distress, revealed by those patients able to express their inner worlds in art.
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The law of periodicity for menstruation
Dr Edward Clarke's Law of Periodicity claimed that females who were educated alongside their male peers were developing their minds at the expense of their reproductive organs.
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Milk trails round Euston
Where cows once grazed near Wellcome Collection in London, baristas now froth their milk. Esther Leslie uncovers Euston’s dairy-based urban history.
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The chymist’s trade card
An 18th-century trade card reveals far more than its owner may have intended.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Photograph of the shop front of the pharmacy of Morson & Son, 124 Southampton Row
Date: Late 19th CenturyReference: SA/MOR/L.1/1Part of: Morson, Thomas Newborn Robert (1799-1874); Thomas Morson & Son Ltd- Digital Images
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John Bell's Pharmacy, circa 1820. Reconstruction in the main hall of the Wellcome Building
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John Bell's Pharmacy, circa 1820. Reconstruction in the main hall of the Wellcome Building
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Late 19th century chemist's shop formerly owned by N.F. Tyler. At 87 Abingdon Road, Kensington W 8. Photograph by Mr Michieli showing the view of the front window and door with carboys in position.
- Ephemera
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Stickney & Poor's mustards, spices and extracts are the best : if your grocer does not keep them send to us direct, 205 and 207 State Street, Boston, Mass.
Stickney & Poor.Date: [between 1880 and 1889?]