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Medical Heritage Library

The psychology of Hamlet : read at the meeting of the Psychological Society of Great Britain, May 1, 1879 / by Mr. Serjeant Cox.

The Oculist. A dramatick entertainment of one act. Illustrated on the title-page with a pen-drawing of a Harlequin, signed `S. Collins fecit'; on the third leaf is another pen sketch showing the Harlequin, and the Oculist operating on Lady Would-be's eyes. Written on the rectos only, but with numerous additions and alterations-many in pencil-on the versos. An allusion to the `Free British Fishery' on the fifth leaf seems to date this MS. to about 1750, when this Corporation was instituted.

1 volume 48 ll. 4to. 231/2 x 161/2 cm. Original calf binding.

Bacon, Phanuel (1700-1783)

Postcard advertising a comedy about being HIV positive (and negative) by Eric-Anthony Dumas. directed for the London stage by Stéphane Cornicard.

AIDS ephemera : awareness & education Box 3.

The days lengthen : by one hour and thirty-one minutes : hetero friendly comedy : Tristan Bates Theatre, 1a Tower Street London WC2 ...

xxvii, 1 unnumbered page, 231 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm

Molière and his medical associates : glimpses of the court and stage ; the faculties and physicians of the grand siècle / by A.M. Brown M.D.

Shakespeare's medical knowledge / by Charles W. Stearns.

Science through the arts

Cracked : teachers' pack / written by Lizi Hann and compiled by Y Touring Theatre Company and The Wellcome Trust.

Wellcome Collection ephemera. Box 1.

1 sheet : illustrations, portrait ; 21 cm

Pressure drop : Billy Bragg and his band in a drama of passion and prejudice : by Mick Gordon : new theatre for the incurably curious, 19 April - 12 May / Wellcome Collection.

Madness at the theatre studies the theatrical representation of madness from the classical Greek period through to the 21st century.

Madness at the theatre / Femi Oyebode.

Papers cover Witkowski's writings on medical history (and other areas of history) rather than his medical activities. MSS.5036-5038 comprise press cuttings, publishers' notices, reviews, etc., relating to Witkowski's writings, plus original poems, somephotographs, and some letters to him about his work; they span the bulk of his career (1865-1920).
MSS.5039-5085 consist of material related closely to various published works on medical history and art history by Witkowski: typescript and holograph drafts, annotated published material, etc. Within this block of material, MSS.5057-5062 consist of a detailed critique of Folie de l'Empereur by Augustin Cabanès (1862-1928), consisting of heavily annotated copies of the published work. Also worth noting are MSS.5063-5064, copies of Witkowski's Comment j'ai appris l'Histoire Sainte, a Rabelaisian and satirical anti-clerical history.
MSS.5086-5088, written under the pseudonym "Docteur Clam", comprise travel writings, recording travels in Italy, Turkey, Romania and Hungary, in 1901 (MS.5086); Egypt, in 1901-1902 (MS.5087); and Italy, in 1905 (MS.5088).
MS.8049 comprises a few letters by Witkowski.

54 items (volumes, bundles of papers or files) Holograph manuscripts, typescripts and annotated published works, held as volumes and bundles of papers.

Witkowski, Gustave Jules Alphonse (1844-1923)

Theatre programme for a play about Dr. Barry and Florence Nightingale with brief biographical detail. The play's run began on May 7, 2004. Includes an advertisement for the Florence Nightingale Museum at St. Thomas' Hospital, London and Edward Albee's play about bestiality, 'The goat, or who is Sylvia?'

28 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm

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The psychology of Hamlet : read at the meeting of the Psychological Society of Great Britain, May 1, 1879 / by Mr. Serjeant Cox.

Bacon, Phanuel (1700-1783)

The days lengthen : by one hour and thirty-one minutes : hetero friendly comedy : Tristan Bates Theatre, 1a Tower Street London WC2 ...

Molière and his medical associates : glimpses of the court and stage ; the faculties and physicians of the grand siècle / by A.M. Brown M.D.

Shakespeare's medical knowledge / by Charles W. Stearns.

Cracked : teachers' pack / written by Lizi Hann and compiled by Y Touring Theatre Company and The Wellcome Trust.

Pressure drop : Billy Bragg and his band in a drama of passion and prejudice : by Mick Gordon : new theatre for the incurably curious, 19 April - 12 May / Wellcome Collection.

Madness at the theatre / Femi Oyebode.

Witkowski, Gustave Jules Alphonse (1844-1923)

The world première of Whistling psyche by Sebastian Barry / The Almeida Theatre Company Ltd.

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The psychology of Hamlet : read at the meeting of the Psychological Society of Great Britain, May 1, 1879 / by Mr. Serjeant Cox.

Bacon, Phanuel (1700-1783)

The days lengthen : by one hour and thirty-one minutes : hetero friendly comedy : Tristan Bates Theatre, 1a Tower Street London WC2 ...

Molière and his medical associates : glimpses of the court and stage ; the faculties and physicians of the grand siècle / by A.M. Brown M.D.

Shakespeare's medical knowledge / by Charles W. Stearns.

Cracked : teachers' pack / written by Lizi Hann and compiled by Y Touring Theatre Company and The Wellcome Trust.

Pressure drop : Billy Bragg and his band in a drama of passion and prejudice : by Mick Gordon : new theatre for the incurably curious, 19 April - 12 May / Wellcome Collection.

Madness at the theatre / Femi Oyebode.

Witkowski, Gustave Jules Alphonse (1844-1923)

The world première of Whistling psyche by Sebastian Barry / The Almeida Theatre Company Ltd.

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