Stories
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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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Vivekananda’s journey
How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.
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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
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A symbol of a lost homeland
The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.
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The healer.
Copping, Harold, 1863-1932Date: [1916]Reference: 535948i- Student dissertations
Visions of healthy mothers and beautiful babies : motherhood, childhood, and the Women's Auxiliary of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in south India, c. 1919 - 1939 / Rebecca Jane Williams.
Williams, Rebecca Jane.Date: 2008- Books
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A missionary voyage to the southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from journals of the officers and the missionaries [chiefly by W. Wilson]. And illustrated with maps, charts, and views, drawn by Mr. William Wilson, and engraved by the most eminent artists : with a preliminary discourse on the geography and history of the South Sea Islands, and an appendix, including details never before published, of the natural and civil state of Otaheite / by a committee appointed for the purpose by the directory of the Missionary Society ; published for the benefit of the Society.
Date: 1799- Archives and manuscripts
Cook, Sir Albert Ruskin (1870-1951) and Cook, Lady Katharine (1863-1938)
Cook, Sir, Albert Ruskin (1870-1951)Date: 1812-c.1960Reference: PP/COO- Archives and manuscripts
Papers from Daukes' period as curator
Date: 06 Jun 1924 - Dec 1939Reference: WA/MMS/AD/Cur/2/1Part of: Wellcome Museum of Medical Science