Stories
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Shakespeare and the four humours
Blood. Phlegm. Black bile. Yellow bile. The theory of the four humours informed many of Shakespeare's best-known characters, including the phlegmatic Falstaff.
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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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Heating up and drying out
Menopause doesn’t have to signify old age, but when your body feels like it’s letting you down, it’s hard not to believe that your useful life may be over.
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Fake news and the flu
Discover how history shows that fake news could play a deadly role – by generating potentially lethal misinformation during a future pandemic.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Burroughs Wellcome & Co Product Leaflets: Kepler - Lutormone
Date: 1950s-1960sReference: WF/M/GB/40/04Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
The prophylaxis of yellow fever / by G.M. Guiteras.
Guiteras, G. M. (Gregorio Mario), 1863-1934.Date: [1909]- Books
The early history of quarantine : origin of sanitary measures directed against yellow fever / by J.M. Eager.
Eager, J. M. (John Macauley), 1862-1916.Date: 1903
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- Online
The prophylaxis of yellow fever / by G. M. Guiteras.
Guiteras, Gregorio Mario, 1863-1934.Date: 1909
- Books
- Online
The early history of quarantine : origin of sanitary measures directed against yellow fever / by J.M. Eager.
Eager, J. M. (John Macauley), 1862-1916.Date: 1903