Stories
- In pictures
Tesla, quacks and violet rays
Imagine a device that can treat everything from baldness to gout. Too good to be true? Yes, and it was banned – but not before hundreds were hoodwinked.
- Book extract
A doctor, his community and coronavirus
Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.
- Book extract
The neuroscience of how we navigate
Christopher Kemp describes the mysterious case of Amanda Eller, a hiker who got lost in the woods. How can someone take a few steps off a well-marked trail and completely disappear?
- Article
How shame makes us sick
The fight-or-flight response can have long-term consequences for our bodies if left unchecked. Lucia Osborne-Crowley investigates how shame and trauma are connected, and how both can lead to chronic ill health.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
[Cars]
Date: 1911, c.1930Reference: WA/HSW/PH/C.8Part of: Personal papers of Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853-1936)- Books
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Cars for comrades : the life of the Soviet automobile / Lewis H. Siegelbaum.
Siegelbaum, Lewis HDate: 2011- Pictures
Cars on a road in darkness: yellow beams of light emerge from their headlights. Gouache by N. Goullet, 1955.
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957.Date: [1955?]Reference: 2952470iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
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Perseus rescuing Andromeda from a sea-monster. Engraving by L. Cars, 1728, after F. Lemoine.
Le Moyne, François, 1688-1737.Date: [1728]Reference: 11712i- Pictures
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Sir Isaac Newton. Etching by L. Cars after F. Boucher.
Boucher, François, 1703-1770.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 7396i