Wellcome uses cookies.

Read our policy
Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events

Stories

  • Article

Eugenics and the welfare state

Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.

  • Article

The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist

Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.

  • Article

The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians

Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.

  • Article

A symbol of a lost homeland

The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.

All stories (8)

Images

  • With compliments / The Library, the Royal Veterinary College, University of London ; Librarian: Linda D. Warden.
  • With the Librarian's compliments / Royal Veterinary College (University of London).
  • University College Hospital, London: the Maternity Hospital and Nurses' home, Huntley Street (subesequently the Rockefeller Building). Photo-lithograph, 1923, after C. A. Farey, 1922.
  • University College Hospital, London: the Maternity Hospital and Nurses' home, Huntley Street (subesequently the Rockefeller Building). Photo-lithograph, 1923, after C. A. Farey, 1922.
  • Edmund Watson (1696-1774), physician at Stockport. Oil painting attributed to Hamlet Winstanley.
  • Edmund Watson (1696-1774), physician at Stockport. Oil painting attributed to Hamlet Winstanley.
  • Edmund Watson (1696-1774), physician at Stockport. Oil painting attributed to Hamlet Winstanley.
  • John Hunter. Mezzotint after Sir J. Reynolds, 1786.
  • The anatomy of the external forms of man : intended for the use of artists, painters and sculptors / By J. Fau ; edited with additions by Robert Knox. With an atlas of twenty-eight plates, quarto.
  • The anatomy of the external forms of man : intended for the use of artists, painters and sculptors / By J. Fau ; edited with additions by Robert Knox. With an atlas of twenty-eight plates, quarto.
All images (42)

Catalogue

All works (7.5K)