Stories
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Paris Morgue and a public spectacle of death
Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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Talent, tech and visual art
Jamie Hale finds a combination of talent and technology are crucial when it comes to creating great visual art, but how do you keep working when your circumstances are in constant flux?
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Medics, migration and the NHS
In the 1960s the NHS became Britain’s biggest employer. So to help fill all those jobs, the government brought in thousands of workers from abroad.
Catalogue
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Travelling Letter Book
Date: Dec 1901 - Mar 1902Reference: WF/E/01/02/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Company-wide Newsletters & Journals (internal)
Date: 1942 - 2000Reference: WF/M/PB/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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Travels into different parts of Europe, in the years 1791 and 1792. With familiar remarks on places-men-and manners. By John Owen, ...
Owen, John, 1766-1822.Date: 1796- Books
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Remarks of a Persian traveller on the principal courts of Europe. With a dissertation upon that of England, the nation in general, and the Prime Minister. Written originally in the Persian language, and now translated into English and French.
Persian Traveller.Date: MDCCXXXVI. [1736]- Books
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A tour from London to Petersburgh, from thence to Moscow, and return to London BY Way Of Courland, Poland, Germany And Holland. By John Richard.
Richard, John, Traveller in Russia.Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]