Stories
- Article
Doctors and the English seaside
Fashionable seaside towns in England owe much of their popularity to 18th-century doctors, who advised them to take the 'sea cure'.
- Article
Getting under the skin
Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
- Article
Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Manuscript recipe book of Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville (1654-1744)
Date: 1662 - mid 18th centuryReference: MS.8903- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Henry Wellcome Letter Book 5
Date: Jan 1899 - Aug 1901Reference: WF/E/01/01/05Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
English Medical Notebook
Date: mid 18th century - c.1811Reference: MS.8046- Books
William Hoare of Bath R.A., 1707-1792 : Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, November 3 - December 8 1990 / catalogue by Evelyn Newby.
Date: 1990- Archives and manuscripts
English Miscellany, 18th Century
Date: 1703-1786Reference: MS.8405