Stories
- Book extract
The science of why things spread
From deadly pandemics to viral tweets, Adam Kucharski explores what makes something contagious.
- Article
Fantastic beasts and unnatural history
Find out how a 17th-century compendium of the natural world came to present fantastical beasts –like dragons – as real, living creatures.
- Article
A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
- Article
Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Hewett, Anthony (& others)
Hewett, AnthonyDate: Mid 17th century - early 18th centuryReference: MS.348- Archives and manuscripts
Formules de pharmacie: in Latin and French
Date: Late 18th century - early 19th centuryReference: MS.2407- Archives and manuscripts
Commonplace book
Holden, Henry, 1662-1710Date: Late 17th century - early 18th centuryReference: MS.2863Part of: Holden, Henry (1662-1710)
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Composite manuscript of medical works in Italian and Latin (Miscellanea Medica I)
Date: Early 14th century - Late 17th CenturyReference: MS.531
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Articella and other tracts
Date: 12th century - 14th centuryReference: MS.801A