Stories
- Article
A history of twins in science
For thousands of years, twins have been a source of fascination in mythology, religion and the arts. Since the 19th century, they have also been the subject of scientific study and experimentation.
- Article
The indelible harm caused by conversion therapy
With first-hand evidence from two powerful testimonies, neurologist Jules Montague explores the destructive history of conversion therapy, a punitive treatment designed to ‘cure’ people of homosexuality.
- Article
The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
- Book extract
Eating their own kind
In his grisly history of cannibalism, zoologist Bill Schutt asks what drives an animal to feast on its own flesh and blood.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"Famous British Trade-Marks"
Date: 1909-1910Reference: WF/L/06/091Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Film
Clinical use of the EMO inhaler.
Date: [1963]- Videos
Clinical use of the EMO inhaler.
Date: [1963]- Ephemera
Drug Packaging ephemera. Box 11.
- Videos
- Online
Clinical use of the EMO inhaler.
Date: [1963]