Stories
- Article
Printing the body
The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.
- In pictures
AIDS awareness posters from the 1980s onwards
The AIDS public health poster campaign chose print even in the internet age and dealt with issues of identity and behaviour like never before.
- Article
The leukaemia diagnosis I didn’t see coming
Treatment for leukaemia kept journalist Hannah Partos in isolation, like the female prisoner whose image inspired her to write this piece.
- In pictures
Fake news in the 17th century
An uncanny resemblance to today’s Twitter tiffs characterises a 17th-century argument about demons. Read what happened when the printing presses went into overdrive.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"Prints"
Date: 1990sReference: ART/AFH/A/16/30Part of: Arts for Health: archive- Archives and manuscripts
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Prints Accessions
Date: 1906-1912Reference: WA/HMM/IC/1/2Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
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Prints of Captions
Date: c.1956Reference: PENROSE/2/40/5/9Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Prints and portraits
Date: 1930s-1950sReference: WA/HMM/IC/3/FPart of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
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Prints and Drawings on Loan 1939
Date: April-May 1939Reference: WA/HMM/IC/1/6Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library