Stories
- Article
Nurturing my autistic, gender-questioning child
As mother of an autistic child who questions her gender, Jude Lax describes cherishing her growing daughter as she explores her identity.
- Article
Graphic battles in pharmacy
James Morison’s campaign against the medical establishment inspired a wave of caricatures mocking his quack medicine.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
- Online
'Tabloid' Laxative Vegetable : a vegetable combination of exceptional purity, particularly valuable where aperients of inorganic origin are contra-indicated.
Date: [between 1935 and 1945?]- Ephemera
We recommend Zam-Buk herbal ointment for cuts, bruises & sore, aching feet : we recommend Vitapointe the amazing new hair dressing and conditioning cream from Paris : we recommend new formula Peps with active ingredients for coughs, colds, sore throat, catarrh : we recommend Bile Beans Laxative Plus, the double purpose laxative.
Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]- Digital Images
- Online
Tabloid laxative vegetable, advertisement
- Ephemera
Brooklax chocolate laxative : ends constipation overnight.
Date: [between 1960 and 1969?]- Archives and manuscripts
M0007392: Manuscript illustration from Medicina Antiqua, depicting use of a laxative draught
Date: 6 September 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/63/47Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive