The history of sanatoriums and surveillance - Wellcome Collection
Nov 29, 2022 — At the heart of this approach was the belief that foul air caused tuberculosis. Despite Robert Koch’s discovery of the TB germ, Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 1882, the foul-air theory continued to shape 20th-century treatments. The high premium placed on ‘pure’ air as a therapeutic tool informed the growth of specialised hospitals known as sanatoriums.
Thalidomide survivors in the 21st century - Wellcome Collection
May 27, 2021 — Thalidomide survivors in the 21st century. The babies affected by thalidomide in the early 1960s have grown up. With a wealth of experience behind them, they reflect on the value of humour, becoming parents, and the legacy of the thalidomide scandal. Words by Ruth Blue artwork by Hollie Chastainaverage reading time 5 minutes 27 May 2021. Serial.
A medical history of smoking, from cure to killer
Apr 2, 2019 — In 1618, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) of London published ‘Pharmacopoeia Londinensis’, the first standard book of medicines in England. In it, the hot and dry tobacco leaf is recommended as a useful drug for counteracting the symptoms of cold and lethargy. Burying the victims of the plague in 1665, Samuel Wale.
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Mar 21, 2024 — Do you have a big idea about health you’d like to turn into a book? Wellcome Collection Non-fiction Awards is a year-long development programme for writers from backgrounds underrepresented in publishing, in partnership with Spread the Word. You can find out more and apply from 1 October until 11 November 2024 on spreadtheword.org.uk.
Databases - Wellcome Collection
19th-century UK Periodicals Series 1: New Readerships: Women's, Children's, Humour and Leisure/Sport. This collection of almost 100 women’s, children’s and leisure/sport periodicals Children's, Humour and Leisure/Sport focuses on the birth of modern magazine publishing in the UK between 1800 and 1900. The database allows full-text searching ...
Being Human - Wellcome Collection
Being Human gallery, level 1. Step-free access is available to all floors of the building. Large-print guides, transcripts and magnifiers are available in the gallery. For more information, please visit our Accessibility page. If you have any queries about accessibility, please email us at [email protected] or call 020 7611 2222.
The Cult of Beauty - Wellcome Collection
The Cult of Beauty. 26 October 2023 – 28 April 2024. Past. Free. Exhibition. The Cult of Beauty is at its quietest on weekdays and weekend mornings. At busy times, particularly on Saturdays, you may need to queue. If the queue extends beyond the queueing area, we will give you a timed ticket which gives you free entry later that day.
Lost in the mall and other false memories - Wellcome Collection
Jun 27, 2019 — From Stop Yield, 1979, Courtesy of Elizabeth Loftus. After being coercively interviewed in the weeks that followed, 25 per cent of the participants reported clear memories of the fictional incident. Loftus had effectively created a false memory of being lost in a shopping mall in the minds of a significant minority of the participants.
What’s in the collections | Wellcome Collection
In our archive collections you’ll find unpublished drafts, notebooks, letters, photographs, personal papers and official records of over 800 people and organisations connected to health. The bulk of our collections are in English, but the collection is global in scope and contains over 20,000 unpublished manuscripts in over 50 languages ...
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