Stories
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Coleridge’s hypochondria
An intense focus on his own bodily sensations led poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to self-medicate with narcotics. But this fascination also put Coleridge ahead of the medical sensibilities of his day.
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The chymist’s trade card
An 18th-century trade card reveals far more than its owner may have intended.
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Would you like to buy a unicorn?
The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.
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The law of periodicity for menstruation
Dr Edward Clarke's Law of Periodicity claimed that females who were educated alongside their male peers were developing their minds at the expense of their reproductive organs.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Wholesale Chemist and Druggist's Formula Book, 19th century
Date: early 19th centuryReference: MS.8751- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence, product labels, recipes and product information of the firm
Corbyn & Co., chemists and druggists, London.Date: Late 19th centuryReference: MS.8101Part of: Corbyn & Co., chemists and druggists, London- Archives and manuscripts
Biographical typewritten research notes concerning Thomas Corbyn and partners in the firm, by Dr T.D. Whittet
Date: c. 1982Reference: MS.5460Part of: Corbyn & Co., chemists and druggists, London- Archives and manuscripts
Private accounts, receipts, etc. of Josiah Messer I, a partner in the firm
Date: 1789-1826Reference: MS.5457Part of: Corbyn & Co., chemists and druggists, London- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence and papers relating to the firm's overseas trade with North America and the West Indies
Date: c. 1745-1831Reference: MS.5441Part of: Corbyn & Co., chemists and druggists, London