Stories
- Article
The mystery of the malignant brain
In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.
- Article
Rebuilding my identity after a brain injury
Chris Miller talks about how a brain injury forced him to reassess his place in the world – physically, personally and socially.
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
- Article
Making sense of senses lost
In rapid succession, Steve Barker suddenly lost sight and hearing on his left side. The effect on how he perceives the world has been profound.
Catalogue
- Videos
Brain doctors. Part 2, The Decision.
Date: 2013- Videos
Brain doctors. Part 3, Against the odds.
Date: 2013- Books
- Online
Clinical contributions to brain surgery / by John B. Roberts.
Roberts, John B. (John Bingham), 1852-1924.Date: [1891]- Books
- Online
The field and limitation of the operative surgery of the human brain / by John B. Roberts.
Roberts, John B. (John Bingham), 1852-1924.Date: 1885- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0007934 - C0010148
Date: 1999-c.2001Reference: WT/B/11/1/35Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive