Stories
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A brief history of ventilation
As ventilators continue to play an important part in helping very ill coronavirus patients, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris traces their development from the first attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation through centuries of medical crises.
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Fantastic beasts and unnatural history
Find out how a 17th-century compendium of the natural world came to present fantastical beasts –like dragons – as real, living creatures.
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Heating up and drying out
Menopause doesn’t have to signify old age, but when your body feels like it’s letting you down, it’s hard not to believe that your useful life may be over.
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Love, longing and tea from the polski sklep
For people of Polish origin in the UK, herbal tea is closely tied to health and shared history. Kasia Tomasiewicz explores her changing relationship to these tea-related cultural habits.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
'Dartford Museum' - Prints
Date: 1888-1975Reference: WF/M/I/DM/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
[Box of scientific papers by J.K. Crellin].
Crellin, J. K.Date: 1966-1974]- Archives and manuscripts
Fletcher, Charles Montague (1911-1995), epidemiologist
Fletcher, C. M. (Charles Montague), 1911-Date: 1886 - 1996Reference: PP/CMF- Archives and manuscripts
Miscellaneous publications
Date: 1915 - 1992Reference: SA/CSP/N/3/10Part of: Chartered Society of Physiotherapy- Archives and manuscripts
Company-wide Newsletters & Journals (internal)
Date: 1942 - 2000Reference: WF/M/PB/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd