Stories
- Article
The power of unicorns
Discover the unlikely connection between pharmaceuticals and unicorns.
- Article
Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
- Article
Trading breastmilk with men
When Alev Scott advertised her milk for sale, she was inundated with messages from men keen to satisfy sexual fetishes. Here she finds out who they are, and why women sell to them.
- In pictures
Miracle cure-alls throughout the ages
From the elixir of life to radium, humans have always searched for a panacea: something to cure every ill. But instead it’s only highlighted our anxieties and preoccupations throughout history.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Elixir for a long life / Elixir de longue vie
Date: 1800sReference: MS.9289- Books
- Online
Elixir vite.
Date: [between 1600 and 1699?]- Books
- Online
Elixir proprietatis.
Date: [between 1600 and 1699?]- Pictures
Elixir Paris: product label. Lithograph.
Date: [1890?/1910]Reference: 501063iPart of: Labels for pharmaceutical packaging. Colour lithographs.- Pictures
Elixir Martial: product label. Lithograph.
Date: [1890?/1910]Reference: 526431iPart of: Labels for pharmaceutical packaging. Colour lithographs.