Stories
- Article
Communities of cross-feeders
A desire to help leads some women to “cross-feed” – breastfeed other parents’ babies for free. Alev Scott delves into the emotions behind this altruistic act.
- Article
Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high
The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.
- Article
The work of wet-nursing
Many of us know that in the past, babies were sometimes nourished by wet-nurses. But, perhaps surprisingly, the practice continues today – and the milk recipients are not only babies.
- Article
A freezer full of breastmilk
When new mum Alev Scott began pumping her milk between feeds, she soon found she was freezing more breastmilk than her baby would ever need. So Alev began to investigate ways to share her oversupply.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Coopers Overseas - History
Date: c 1980Reference: WF/C/M/H/37/04Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
'History of Wellcome Research Laboratories' - I
Date: 1950s-1960sReference: WF/M/H/08/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
'History of Wellcome Research Laboratories - II'
Date: c.1930s-c.1970Reference: WF/M/H/08/05Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
'History of Wellcome Research Laboratories' - I
Date: 1950s-1960sReference: WF/M/H/08/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
'History of Wellcome Research Laboratories - II'
Date: c.1940s-c.1970Reference: WF/M/H/08/06Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd