Stories
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The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria
A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.
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Mapping the body
These intricate anatomical drawings show how Ayurveda practitioners have explored the human body and how it works.
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When monarchs healed the sick
Our current Queen fortunately doesn’t have to spend hours laying hands on the sick to cure them. But it was a different story for monarchs of the early modern era, whose touch was a sought-after treatment for scrofula.
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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist
Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
List of documents relating to Jean Louis Rast-Maupas (1731-1821), silk-processor
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: MS.7449/7Part of: Rast-Maupas Family, France, 18th-19th century- Archives and manuscripts
List of works by Jean Baptiste Antoine Rast-Maupas (1732-1810), physician
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: MS.7449/5Part of: Rast-Maupas Family, France, 18th-19th century- Archives and manuscripts
Turner, John William (1790-1835), surgeon
Date: late 18th century - early 19th centuryReference: MS.7780/16-17Part of: Miscellany: English, 19th-20th centuries- Archives and manuscripts
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English Recipe Book, 18th century
Date: Mid 18th century - late 18th centuryReference: MS.7747- Archives and manuscripts
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English Recipe Book, later 17th - early 18th century
Date: Late 17th century - 18th centuryReference: MS.7822