Stories
- Article
Transforming the decorative into dissent
Discover how embroidered messages by two ‘troublesome’ women in 19th-century asylums are mirrored in the therapeutic quilting work of writer Rachel May.
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Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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Healing through ink
Taking an approach learned from his OCD treatment, Josh Weeks faced his fear of getting tattoos, and embraced inking as part of the healing process.
Catalogue
- Books
Needles, herbs, gods, and ghosts : China, healing, and the West to 1848 / Linda L. Barnes.
Barnes, Linda L.Date: 2005
- Books
- Online
Needles in medical history : an exhibition at the Wellcome Trust History of Medicine Gallery, April 1998 / Ken Arnold [and others].
Date: [1998?]- Archives and manuscripts
Syringes and Needles
Date: 1945-1947Reference: WA/PRL/HP/Sub/3/1- Archives and manuscripts
Sterilisation of Syringes and Needles
Date: 1939-1960Reference: WA/PRL/HP/Sub/24/2Part of: Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories
- Digital Images
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Cover of exhibition catalogue 'Needles in Medical History'