Stories
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Doctors and the English seaside
Fashionable seaside towns in England owe much of their popularity to 18th-century doctors, who advised them to take the 'sea cure'.
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Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
Catalogue
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 5
Date: Jan 1899 - Aug 1901Reference: WF/E/01/01/05Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Pictures
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A lecturer (William Kitchiner?) about to address a lecture on optics with the aid of candles, a telescope and magic lantern to a seated audience, he is interrupted by a Kentish hop merchant. Coloured etching, 1809, after G.M. Woodward.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: [1809?]Reference: 15968i- Books
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Histoire générale du choléra-morbus depuis 1817 jusqu'en août 1831 ... / par J.-A. Buet.
Buet, J.A.Date: 1831