Stories
- Article
Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
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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.
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Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
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Air of threat
Novelist Chloe Aridjis vividly describes the suffocating atmosphere of Mexico City, as a combination of topography, crowded neighbourhoods, and reckless political diktats create a downward spiral.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Bankart, James (1834-1902), surgeon and ophthalmologist
Bankart, James (1834-1902), MB Lond, FRCSDate: Mid 19th century - late 19th centuryReference: PP/JBA- Pictures
The Fallaize Collection.
Date: [late 19th and early 20th century]Reference: 3303244i- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Papers relating to Esther Lindsey
Date: 1812 - 1860Reference: RET/6/19/1/102Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Henry Wellcome Letter Book 5
Date: Jan 1899 - Aug 1901Reference: WF/E/01/01/05Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Pictures
- Online
Lansdowne college and surrounding grounds, Bath. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin, 1858, after J. Wilson.
Hodgkin, W. E., active 1853-1879.Date: 1858Reference: 15505i