Stories
- In pictures
How chloroform shaped the murder mystery
Find out how a sweet-smelling liquid anaesthetic captured the public’s imagination and changed pop culture for ever.
- Article
Cocaine, the Victorian wonder drug
Today, cocaine has a very poor public image as one of the causes of crime and violence. But for the Victorians it was welcomed as the saviour of modern surgery.
- Article
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.
- Article
The mystery of the malignant brain
In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Chloroform
Date: 1849Reference: MS.1623- Audio
Chloroform.
Date: 2005- Archives and manuscripts
Chloroform
Ellis, Richard Hancock (1937-1995)Date: 1980sReference: PP/RHE/C/36Part of: Richard Ellis (1937-1995)- Archives and manuscripts
Chloroform Capsules
Date: 1932-1935Reference: SA/NBT/H.1Part of: National Birthday Trust Fund- Film
Chloroform administration.
Date: c.193?