Gout became known as a fashionable disease of the rich and powerful, but has didits notoriety diminish the personal experiences of this painful condition?
This playful exhibition of new and existing works by artists Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader explores sign language and the right to communicate.
Medical Register, Feb 1855 - March 1856, (of the Royal London militia or of a military hospital in London?) Date: 1855-1856 Reference: RAMC/193 ...
Credit: A handbook of ophthalmic science and practice / by Henry E. Juler. Source: Wellcome Collection. Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be ...
include personal details of living individuals be upsetting or distressing be explicit or graphic include objects and images of objects decontextualised in a way that is offensive to the originating ...
The previous week, the chemist A.W. Hoffman had published an article 'The dance of death' in The times, 1 February 1862, in which he disseminated the finding that green dresses, wreaths, and ...
Credit: Das Alexis-Bad im Unter-Harz mit seinen Umgebungen / von Joh. Fr. Krieger. Source: Wellcome Collection. Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical ...
Dionysius Longinus on the sublime: translated from the Greek, with notes and observations, and some account of the life, writings, and character of the author. By William Smith, .. (Online) ...
Credit: Science papers, chiefly pharmacological and botanical / by Daniel Hanbury ... Edited, with memoir by Joseph Ince. Source: Wellcome Collection. Provider: This material has been provided by King ...
In 1950, an American journalist popularised the term ‘brainwashing’, arguing that a new amalgam of technology, medicine and ideology was allowing an onslaught on people’s minds. In this abridged ...
How do you avoid catching the plague? Smoke constantly. Carry a sponge soaked in vinegar. Hang oranges studded with cloves around your house. This was the best medical advice available circa 1665, as ...
In the five centuries since Europeans were introduced to tobacco, smoking has generated considerable controversy. This gallery tracks shifting views on smoking and health, from life-saving stimulant ...
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