Stories
- Article
Remote diagnosis from wee to the Web
Medical practice might have moved on from when patients posted flasks of their urine for doctors to taste, but telehealth today keeps up the tradition of remote diagnosis – to our possible detriment.
- Article
The art of scientific glassblowing
Exciting things happen when art, craft, engineering and science collide. Glassblower Gayle Price is proof of that.
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A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
Catalogue
- Digital Images
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Watercolour drawings of alchemical flasks.
- Archives and manuscripts
M0007564: Four flasks containing urine for Lister display
Date: 6 September 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/64/98Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
M0012525: Three flasks opened by Pasteur in various localities
Date: May 1952Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/111/97Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Digital Images
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Facsimiles of flasks used by Pasteur in his experiments.
- Digital Images
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Facsimiles of flasks used by Pasteur in his experiments.