Stories
- Article
Booze and bad behaviour
Our love of alcohol is like a party that’s lasted nine centuries. But there are signs that the demon drink is losing its appeal.
- Article
History of condoms from animal to rubber
Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.
- Book extract
The castration effect
Discover how testosterone – or the lack of it – affects the male body, from eunuch slaves to castrato singers, and on to hormone reduction in modern prostate cancer treatment.
- 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
Paxton, Richard (fl. mid 18th century - late 18th century)
Paxton, Richard (fl. mid 18th century - late 18th century)Date: 1799Reference: MS.3820- Archives and manuscripts
Boerhaave, Hermann (1668-1738)
Boerhaave, Hermann, 1668-1738.Date: early 18th century - mid 18th centuryReference: MSS.1279-1285- Archives and manuscripts
English recipe book
Date: 18th century - early 19th centuryReference: MS.8818/2Part of: English recipe books, 18th-early 19th centuries- Books
- Online
The development of narrative practices in medicine c.1960 - c.2000 : the transcript of a witness seminar held by the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, Queen Mary, University of London, on 18th June 2013 / edited by E M Jones and E M Tansey.
Date: 2015- Archives and manuscripts
Personal material
Date: 18th century - 19th centuryReference: MS.6137Part of: Jurin, James (1684-1750), physician and Secretary of the Royal Society