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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.

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The shape of thought

Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s description of the moment in 1887 when he saw a brain cell for the first time never fails to move neuroscientist Richard Wingate to tears. Here he captures that enduring sense of wonder.

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Inside the mind of Ayurvedic Man’s curator, Bárbara Rodriguez Muñoz

The choices a curator makes – what goes in? what stays out? why? – are often as fascinating as the exhibition itself.

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Homes for the hives of industry

By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.

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  • Balance cases, Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories. 19th C
  • Wellcome chemical research laboratories
  • Laboratory 2nd floor, Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories. 19th C
  • Laboratory 1st floor, Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories. 19th C
  • Laboratory 3rd floor, Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories. 19th C
  • Staff of Wellcome Research Laboratories, group portrait.
  • Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Khartoum: museum. Photograph, c. 1920.
  • Autoclave and Sterilising room, Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories, Beckenham.
  • Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories. One of the laboratories for Physiological and Bacteriology Chemistry.
  • Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Khartoum: main laboratory. Photograph, c. 1920.
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