Stories
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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
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The power of unicorns
Discover the unlikely connection between pharmaceuticals and unicorns.
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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
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Medical ceramics : a catalogue of the English and Dutch collections in the Museum of the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine / J.K. Crellin.
Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine.Date: 1969-
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Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine : a catalogue / by Renate Burgess.
Burgess, Renate, 1910-1988.Date: 1973- Journals
Adler Museum of the History of Medicine : Adler Museum vir die Geskiedenis van die Geneeskunde.
Date: 1975-- Journals
Bulletin of the Adler Museum of the History of Medicine = Bulletin of the Adler Museum vir die Geskiedenis van die Geneeskunde.
Date: 1976-- Books
The Wellcome Museum of the History of Medicine / Brian Bracegirdle.
Bracegirdle, Brian.Date: 1980
