Stories
- In pictures
Bloodletting at the barber-surgeon’s
Scratchy throat? Burning fever? Broken heart? It all comes down to the same issue: too much blood.
- Article
In the tracks of Derek Jarman’s tears
Researcher E K Myerson shares her moving encounters with the personal papers of artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman.
- Article
Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
- Article
Getting sexy with cinnamon
Add some flavour to your love life with this spice. It will warm up more than just your buns.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Recepta Varia (de Ricci NLM.Ms.8, England, 12th cent)
Date: 12th centuryReference: AMS/MF/9- Books
Medical education in the 12th century / Edward F. Hartung.
Hartung, Edward F.Date: 1934- Archives and manuscripts
M0007925: Manuscript illustration of a foetus in utero, 12th century
Date: 11 June 1941Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/68/37Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
M0007926: Manuscript illustration of a foetus in utero, 12th century
Date: June 1941Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/68/38Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
M0008000: St Cuthbert healing a young man with plague, 12th century
Date: July 1941Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/69/11Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive