Stories
- Article
The poor child’s nurse
Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.
- In pictures
Harnessing the power of baubles and bling
From hairpins that ward off evil to anklets that alter the way you walk, there’s a lot more to wearing jewellery than simply showing off.
- Article
A medieval guide to practical magic
With few sources of effective help available when treating an injured patient, the medieval physician could instead stage a healing ceremony using a practical how-to guide he carried with him.
- Article
Louis Wain’s cryptic cats
Once famous for his quirky cat illustrations, today Louis Wain is often portrayed as a ‘psychotic’ artist whose illness can be mapped out through his drawings. Here Bryony Benge-Abbott takes a more rounded view.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
Superstition Sam Charm (with brooch pin)
Varanda, Joana
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
M0005999: Fairy Charm, sign on a Cottage Wall
Date: 12 January 1939Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/49/100Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
M0000489: Charm necklace of human teeth: incisors and milk teeth, Sudan
Date: 1929Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/5/67Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
Charms and charming in Europe / edited by Jonathan Roper.
Date: 2004- Books
'Charms', liturgies, and secret rites in early medieval England / Ciaran Arthur.
Arthur, CiaranDate: 2018
