Stories
- Article
What Black women do when the NHS fails them
Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.
- Article
The hell of hay fever
After years suffering in silence, David Jesudason finds speaking out about his pollen allergy gives him hope for a future where his hay-fever symptoms are under control.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
- Long read
Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
The Institute of Chinese Medicine : 44/46 Chandos Place, London WC2N 4HS.
Institute of Chinese Medicine (London, England)Date: [2011?]- Books
- Online
Catalogue of Chinese books and manuscripts in the Library of The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / Hartmut Walravens ; introduction by Nigel Allan.
Walravens, Hartmut.Date: 1994- Books
- Online
Syllabus 1899 / The British Institute of Preventive Medicine.
Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine.Date: 1899- Archives and manuscripts
Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese
College of Medicine for Chinese, c.1880, Hong KongDate: 1887-1888Reference: MSS.2934-2935- Books
The oriental collections in the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London / Nigel Allan.
Allan, NigelDate: 1981