Stories
- In pictures
Gay men in London, from persecution to Pride
Ben Gazur’s whistle-stop tour of the history of gay men in London takes us from 14th-century persecution to modern Pride events.
- In pictures
Following the maker’s path into the lost art of medieval embroidery
Textile maker Jacqui Carey unravels the mysteries of medieval embroidery by recreating the materials and techniques for herself, with the help of clues left by the original makers.
- Article
Unravelling genetic origins from the potato to cinchona
Starting with the humble potato, Nataly Allasi Canales reveals how researchers unearth the genetic origins of modern plant varieties, and explains why their work is so important for biodiversity.
- 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.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
- Online
Sample request card : please supply a sample of 25 x 0.25 mg. Serpasil tablest (antihypertensive and sedative) together with literature.
Date: [between 1955 and 1965?]- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
'Sample publications'
Date: 14 Oct 1926Reference: WA/HMM/RE/B.8Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
Sample Numerals
Date: 1893Reference: GALTON/2/7/3/13Part of: Galton Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Sample of stationery
Date: c.1900Reference: SA/NPT/C/1/6Part of: National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis, successor and associated bodies- Archives and manuscripts
Sample medical case sheet
Date: (c.1942)Reference: GC/172/3/4Part of: Williams, Bernard Lewis
