Stories
- In pictures
Broadcasting trans lives in the 1980s
Discover how a 1980 British TV documentary broke new ground by portraying transgender people, their lives and their medical treatment in a normalising way.
- Interview
Inside the mind of George Vasey, co-curator of Misbehaving Bodies
Discover how curator George Vasey honoured the approaches of Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery, who mischievously subvert clichés around illness and death.
- Article
Getting the measure of pain
In the 20th century doctors tried to find a way to measure pain. But even when ‘objective’ measures were rejected, an accurate understanding of another’s pain remained frustratingly elusive.
- Article
The complex longing for home
It could be mild, an almost poetic longing. Or it could be visceral, deep, an overwhelming feeling that eats into your everyday life. Come with Gail Tolley as she introduces a deep dive into homesickness.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Reprints, pamphlets, etc. on natural childbirth and related subjects: medical press
Date: 1938-1971, and undatedReference: PP/GDR/F/1Part of: Dick-Read, Grantly- Books
- Online
Clinical remarks on certain diseases of the eye, and on miscellaneous subjects, medical and surgical; including gout, rheumatism, fistula, cancer, hernia, indigestion, &c. &c. / by John Charles Hall.
Hall, John Charles.Date: 1843- Archives and manuscripts
Thorière, Jean Baptistin
Thorière, Jean BaptistinDate: 1715-1716Reference: MS.4786- Archives and manuscripts
Wellcome Press Cuttings
Date: February - April 1988Reference: WF/M/PC/05/06/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
I'll be your mirror : the official zine of... seeing, drawing and listening : making art to develop connection and create empathy / a workshop by J.D. Lunt.
Lunt, J. D.Date: [2019]