Stories
- Article
The power of unicorns
Discover the unlikely connection between pharmaceuticals and unicorns.
- Article
The doctor who challenged the unicorn myth
Our era of fake news and medical misinformation is nothing new. Estelle Paranque relays the thrusts and parries of a 440-year-old row over a magical cure-all, the unicorn horn.
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Would you like to buy a unicorn?
The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.
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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
Unicorns
Date: c.1970-c.1990Reference: WF/M/I/PR/U2Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Unicorns
Date: c.1980Reference: WF/M/I/SL/42Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Unicorns
Date: c1980-1990Reference: WF/M/I/BP/54Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
Unicorns and bezoars in a portuguese house in Rome : António da Fonseca's portuguese inventories = Unicórnios e bezoares numa casa portuguesa em Roma : os inventários portugueses de António da Fonseca / James Nelson Novoa.
Novoa, James Nelson.Date: 2012- Archives and manuscripts
Oversized: Unicorns
Date: c.1980Reference: WF/M/I/SL/56Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd