Stories
- Article
The relationship between science and art
Often seen as opposites, science and art both depend on observation and synthesis.
- Book extract
The science of why things spread
From deadly pandemics to viral tweets, Adam Kucharski explores what makes something contagious.
- Article
The chymist’s trade card
An 18th-century trade card reveals far more than its owner may have intended.
- Article
The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria
A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Paxton, Richard (fl. mid 18th century - late 18th century)
Paxton, Richard (fl. mid 18th century - late 18th century)Date: 1799Reference: MS.3820- Archives and manuscripts
Boerhaave, Hermann (1668-1738)
Boerhaave, Hermann, 1668-1738.Date: early 18th century - mid 18th centuryReference: MSS.1279-1285- Archives and manuscripts
List of documents relating to Jean Louis Rast-Maupas (1731-1821), silk-processor
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: MS.7449/7Part of: Rast-Maupas Family, France, 18th-19th century- Archives and manuscripts
List of works by Jean Baptiste Antoine Rast-Maupas (1732-1810), physician
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: MS.7449/5Part of: Rast-Maupas Family, France, 18th-19th century- Archives and manuscripts
On chronic diseases
Fordyce, George, 1736-1802Date: 18th century - 19th centuryReference: MS.2400Part of: Fordyce, George (1736-1802)