Stories
- Comic
Hands
The presence of your hands is preserved in the things they touch
- Article
Hands-on healthcare
A young hospital volunteer feared her contribution was a long way from the serious business of real healthcare. But time spent painting patients’ nails proved to be a valuable contribution to life on the ward.
- Article
Healing hard-working hands
The names we use to describe different hand injuries tell us about history, gender and class. Occupational therapist María Cristina Jiménez explores those injuries, and the changing ways we talk about them.
- Book extract
The give and take of caring
Kate Mosse argues that how we define ‘care’ matters, and explores the reciprocity of caring and being cared for.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Hand
Date: mid-18th centuryReference: MS.2765- Archives and manuscripts
Hand Heliostat
Date: c1858Reference: GALTON/2/1/2/2Part of: Galton Papers- Digital Images
- Online
Hand with bullous eruption
Godart, Thomas- Digital Images
- Online
Hand with psoriasis guttata
Mark, Leonard Portal- Digital Images
- Online
Hand with suppurating poisoned wound
Mark, Leonard Portal
Events
- Event
- 14+
‘Sleight of Hand – One to One’
The Forum
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- Audio described
- Wheelchair accessible
- Discussion
An Extra Pair of Hands with Kate Mosse and Rachel Clarke
Online
Available to watch
- Limited audio description
- Auto-captioned
- Event
Performance by Goldie Puricelli
Gallery 1
Past
Part of Smoke and Mirrors Live Performances