Stories
- Article
Mapping the body
These intricate anatomical drawings show how Ayurveda practitioners have explored the human body and how it works.
- In pictures
Sex work through the ages
Discover how societies, from antiquity to the present day, have chosen to regard and treat sex workers. While some communities work towards acceptance, others retain harsh judgement.
- Book extract
The neuroscience of how we navigate
Christopher Kemp describes the mysterious case of Amanda Eller, a hiker who got lost in the woods. How can someone take a few steps off a well-marked trail and completely disappear?
- Article
Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
Catalogue
- Pictures
Map of China. Colour lithograph, 1973.
Date: [January 1973]Reference: 778012i- Maps
Map of monastic Ireland.
Ordnance Survey (Ireland)Date: 1979- Books
- Online
Map of Roman Britain.
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey.Date: 1956- Pictures
Map of Palestine. Colour lithograph.
Reference: 576747i- Ephemera
Map / Wellcome Collection.
Wellcome Collection.Date: 2011