Stories
- Article
Parasites and pests from the medieval to the modern
Humans have been reluctant hosts to a plethora of unpleasant parasites for centuries. And medieval evidence shows our modern distaste for these little irritations is just as ancient.
- Article
The epilepsy diagnosis
Epilepsy exists between the mind and body, something that Aparna Nair experienced for herself when she was diagnosed as a teenager.
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Medieval doodles
Fish, lute players and defaced demons: marginal doodles in some of Europe’s first printed books provide a tantalising glimpse into the late-medieval mind.
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Diagnosing the past
Historical texts rarely supply enough detail for a definitive diagnosis, so medical historians need to proceed with caution.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Company-wide Newsletters & Journals (internal)
Date: 1942 - 2000Reference: WF/M/PB/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Macer Floridus, De viribus herbarum; Sidrach, De la vertu des pierres précieuses et des herbes
Date: Early 14th centuryReference: MS.457- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Miscellany of practical medicine, in Italian
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.Date: Late 14th CenturyReference: MS.307- Books
Self reliance and the changing physician-patient relationship in nineteenth and twentieth century America / Todd L. Savitt.
Savitt, Todd Lee, 1943-Date: 1995- Books
Friends or foes? : doctors and their patients in early modern England / Ronald C. Sawyer.
Sawyer, Ronald C.Date: 1995