Stories
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The eyes have it
In 1583, eye specialist Georg Bartisch published a book detailing the treatments he’d developed for various eye disorders. Today his approach seems to mix surprising innovation with entirely contemporary religious judgement.
- Article
Two health centres, two ideologies
Two futuristic, light-filled buildings aimed to bring forward-looking healthcare to city dwellers. But the principles behind each were very different.
- Article
Confession as therapy in the Middle Ages
The line between confession and counselling has been blurred for centuries.
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The girl with no name
When a now anonymous teenager sold her tooth for transplant, she couldn’t have predicted that she’d end up at the heart of a troubling story about 18th-century beauty ideals.
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Chinese C18: Paediatric pox - 'Eye Lock' pox
- Archives and manuscripts
The Treatment of Infectious and Contagious Diseases by the Serum method, by "Civis mundi" Vol I
Date: c. 1898Reference: MS.8498Part of: The Treatment of Infectious and Contagious Diseases by the Serum method, by "Civis mundi"- Archives and manuscripts
Press Adverts - Dips and Livestock Remedies
Cooper McDougall & Robertson LtdDate: Mar 1930 - 12 Jan 1943Reference: WF/C/M/GB/A/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Product Publications: Science in Medicine - Wellcome Products for Dispensing
Date: 1908-1953Reference: WF/M/PB/34/03/08Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Notebook - 1
Date: 1910-1941Reference: GC/21/1Part of: Hood, Basil