Stories
- Article
History of condoms from animal to rubber
Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.
- Article
London, city of lost hospitals
Come on the trail of hundreds of ghost hospitals, whose remnants hold clues to medical treatments of the past.
- Article
Tracing the toxic story of tear gas
Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.
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The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
F. B. Power's Death - Correspondence with Power's Family
Date: 1927Reference: WF/E/01/06/12Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Order of Service for funeral of Henry Mounteney Wellcome at St Mary & St Giles Church, Stony Stratford, 23rd February 1987
Date: 1987Reference: WF/E/01/05/14Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
'Dartford Museum' - Negatives & Transfers: Advertisements, BW&Co Staff
Date: 1885-1961Reference: WF/M/I/DM/01/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Charles Timson - death
Date: 1927-1928Reference: WF/C/M/H/27Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Oral history of the Wellcome Foundation Ltd. and Burroughs Wellcome Company: business
Date: 2001-2003Reference: WF/M/AV/O/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd