Stories
- 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
Acid and the sexual psychonauts
How LSD fuelled one woman’s journey of sexual self-discovery in the late 1950s.
- Long read
Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
- Article
The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"Patulin"
Date: 1943-1945Reference: WF/TRC/04/56Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
- Online
On indigestion : its pathology, and treatment by the local application of uniform and continuous heat and moisture : with an account of an improved mode of applying heat or cold in irritative and inflammatory diseases / by James Arnott.
Date: 1847- Books
- Online
A treatise on the beneficial effects of cold and warm bathing : with an appendix containing a description of the baths erected at Portobello, near Edinburgh.
Date: 1807- Ephemera
- Online
Beecham Foods had an idea. They blended fresh lemons with rich blackcurrants; added glucose for energy, and vital vitamin C. Result? A great new drink with a sweet-and-sharp taste - a drink to help people forget their colds - and it's called... : Lembena.
Date: [1966?]- Ephemera
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A fever - smear the wrists, 5" - 6" long with treacle - and cover it with brown paper...'Primitive Physic' John Wesley : 'Emprazil' tablets.
Date: 1965