Stories
- Article
The secret sting of cystitis
Agnes Arnold-Forster recounts her experiences of cystitis, explaining how this illness intersects with sexism, shame, and stigma from medical professionals.
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Are doctors medical detectives?
Do doctors really identify medical conditions in the same way that detectives solve crimes? Neurologist Jules Montague makes her diagnosis.
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On body horror and growing up strange
A young child’s unusual feelings, reactions and assertions are routinely dismissed by adults. Find out how manga horror stories became a source of strength, and helped them trust their adult body.
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Making sunstroke insanity
Medical historian Dr Kristin Hussey takes a closer look at sunstroke and mental illness, and how, in the late 19th century, they connected at the crossroads of colonial science and the idea of whiteness.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Polytrim (for eye infections)
Date: c.1988Reference: WF/M/PL/245Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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An additional test for the diagnosis and correction of the optical defects of the eye / by William Thomson.
Thomson, William, 1833-1907.Date: 1870- Books
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Hints on the diagnosis of eye diseases / by Robert Brudenell Carter.
Carter, Robert Brudenell, 1828-1918.Date: 1865- Books
Trachoma : a blinding scourge from the Bronze Age to the twenty-first century / Hugh R. Taylor.
Taylor, Hugh R.Date: 2008- Books
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Entoptics, with its uses in physiology and medicine / by James Jago.
Jago James, 1815-1893.Date: 1864