Stories
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Stories of Asian palm-leaf manuscripts
Wellcome’s Adrian Plau shares some the stories behind the Asian palm-leaf manuscripts in our collections. He reveals how British colonialism impacted this special form of knowledge transmission and the challenges involved in unearthing each manuscript’s origins and historical journey to Wellcome Collection.
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How I cured my fear of vomiting
Emetophobia ruled every waking moment of Alex’s life. Until he came to realise he couldn’t live that way any more.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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Little feet on Pett Level Beach
Poet and author Penny Pepper has vivid memories of childhood beach trips when her father was still alive, enthusiastically encouraging her curiosity and love of nature.
Catalogue
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Palms and How to Grow Them
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Palms and religion in the Northwest Amazon / Richard Evans Schultes.
Schultes, Richard Evans.Date: [1974]
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A procession of the Palms in St. Peter's at Rome. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 30457i- Books
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Palm-Sunday and Good-Friday: or, a fatal engagement, wherein these two popish chiefs, with their whole clans, are cut off upon the spot, by clear demonstration.
Date: Printed in the Year MD.CC.XXX. [1730]- Books
A morning's work : medical photographs from the Burns Archive & Collection, 1843-1939 / Stanley B. Burns.
Burns, Stanley B.Date: 1998