Stories
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
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A history of twins in science
For thousands of years, twins have been a source of fascination in mythology, religion and the arts. Since the 19th century, they have also been the subject of scientific study and experimentation.
- Book extract
A history of sex for sale
Kate Lister’s cultural history of the sex trade puts sex workers centre stage. In this extract, she argues why the way we write, think and talk about sex work matters.
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A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
Catalogue
- Books
Social class and mental illness in Northern Europe / edited by Petteri Pietikäinen and Jesper Vaczy Kragh.
Date: 2020- Archives and manuscripts
General Correspondence
The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCLDate: 2009 - 2012Reference: GC/253/A/43/1Part of: Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Seminars- Books
The politics of vaccination : a global history / edited by Christine Holmberg, Stuart Blume and Paul Greenough.
Date: 2017- Archives and manuscripts
Beckenham Photograph Library - Negatives & Finding Aids
Date: c1945-c1996Reference: WF/M/I/BPart of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
The political and social dynamics of poverty, poor relief and health care in early-modern Portugal / Laurinda Abreu, University of Évora, Portugal.
Abreu, LaurindaDate: 2016