Stories
- Article
How do advertisers get inside our heads?
Vance Packard exposed techniques of mass manipulation developed by 1950s advertisers that are still at work today in the age of big data.
- Article
Can isolation lead to manipulation?
Military-funded researchers wanted to know if isolation techniques could facilitate brainwashing. One neuroscientist suggested that it might improve our own control over our minds.
- Interview
Inside the minds of Teeth’s two curators, James Peto and Emily Scott-Dearing
James Peto and Emily Scott-Dearing talk visceral reactions, their interactions and object extractions.
- Article
The extraordinary body of Evatima Tardo
Darling of 19th-century American freak shows, Evatima Tardo remained serene as she withstood crucifixion and the bites of poisonous snakes. But she took the secret behind her abilities to her grave.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
M0014256: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum exhibition: Centenary exhibition of medical photography, 1955: special techniques
Date: October 1955- Archives and manuscripts
'The Wellcome Museum of Medical Science 1914-1964: an account of its development, content and techniques, compiled and illustrated by members of the staff '
Date: 1964Reference: WA/MMS/PU/7Part of: Wellcome Museum of Medical Science- Books
- Online
The Wellcome Museum of Medical Science, 1914-1964 : an account of its development, content and techniques / compiled and illustrated by members of the staff.
Wellcome Museum of Medical Science.Date: 1964- Archives and manuscripts
Techniques
Date: 01 Dec 1972 - 08 Jun 1973Reference: WA/MMS/AD/Mus/4/11Part of: Wellcome Museum of Medical Science- Archives and manuscripts
Techniques
Date: 02 Feb 1967 - 08 Dec 1969Reference: WA/MMS/AD/Mus/4/7Part of: Wellcome Museum of Medical Science