Stories
- Article
Disability, education and prejudice
In the 1960s and 1970s, thalidomide survivors had to fight for a proper education. If they weren’t brought up in institutions, they were often viewed as objects of curiosity, encountering verbal and sometimes physical abuse, both at school and in the world beyond.
- Article
Bloody capitalism and the cash flow of the menstrual cycle
Once they thrived on taboos and shame. Now period-product manufacturers are finding new ways to flourish in this era of period activism – but products aren’t the end of the story.
- Article
How we bury our children
Following her baby daughter’s funeral, Wendy Pratt found that visiting the grave gave her a way to carry out physical acts of caring for her child. Here she considers how parents’ nurturing instincts live on after a child’s death.
- In pictures
Historical ways to hang on to your hair
Could upper-class hair-hygiene regimes cause baldness, or does hair health depend on a blast of deadly mercury? Maisie Jenkins scours the archives for historic follicle care.
Catalogue
- 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
Health + Care Show 2015 - Exhibitors N-No
Date: 2015Reference: ES/HAC2015/15Part of: Exhibitions and Shows- Archives and manuscripts
Veterinary: Frant; Dairy Hygiene; Kelvindale; Pirbright; Foot and Mouth; Veterinary Products.
Date: c.1940-c.1980Reference: WF/M/I/PR/V2Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
Primary care - : the central function and the main focus : report of the Primary Care Working Group 2012 / Sir John Oldham with Ben Richardson, Grail Dorling and Peter Howitt.
Oldham, John, 1953-Date: 2012- Archives and manuscripts
Notebook No. 6
Cooper; William, 1813-1885; Founder of William Cooper & NephewsDate: 1868 - 1875Reference: WF/C/P/01/06Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd