Stories
- Book extract
Eating their own kind
In his grisly history of cannibalism, zoologist Bill Schutt asks what drives an animal to feast on its own flesh and blood.
- Article
Drawing the human animal
We might try to deny our animal instincts, but this series of extraordinary 17th-century drawings suggests they are only too apparent.
- In pictures
The evolution of war-zone medicine
The need to deal with battlefield injuries has led to inventive designs for extreme situations. Find out how camel-drawn ambulances and flat-pack hospitals have helped casualties survive.
- Article
Aphasia and drawing elephants
When Thomas Parkinson investigated the history of “speech science”, he discovered an unexpected link between empire, elephants and aphasia.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
Camel. Blue.
We made this- Archives and manuscripts
Camel Dipping
Date: c 1950Reference: WF/C/M/PH/02/25Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd
- Digital Images
- Online
Camel transport of the wounded.
- Pictures
Camel sculptures on the road to the Ming tombs outside Peking. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1871Reference: 19258i
- Pictures
- Online
Camel sculptures on the road to the Ming tombs outside Peking. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1981Reference: 19259i
