Stories
- Article
The law of periodicity for menstruation
Dr Edward Clarke's Law of Periodicity claimed that females who were educated alongside their male peers were developing their minds at the expense of their reproductive organs.
- 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.
- Book extract
Tracing the roots of our fears and fixations
Kate Summerscale explores the history of our anxieties and compulsions, and the new phobias and manias that are always emerging.
- Article
The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
'Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry'
Date: 1936-1950Reference: WA/HMM/CO/Chr/J.262Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Journals
- Online
Ambix : the journal of the Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry.
Date: [1937]-- Books
Alchemy under James IV of Scotland / by John Read.
Read, John, active 1938.Date: 1938- Books
Alchemy and early modern chemistry : papers from Ambix / editor : Allen G. Debus.
Date: 2004- Books
A survey of the chemistry of Assyria in the seventh century B.C. / by R. Campbell Thompson.
Thompson, R. Campbell (Reginald Campbell), 1876-1941.Date: 1938