Wealthier consumptive patients had long been directed to salubrious locations such as seaside resorts or spa towns to escape ...
Communicating with hand signs has a long history. Researcher Jude Seal examines the evidence for signing in Medieval Europe ...
Our new exhibition explores humanity’s vital connection with freshwater – an essential source of life and pillar of good health for people and planet.
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This feature is new. Let us know if something doesn’t look right.Ethical issues in clinical research : a practical guide / Bernard Lo.
Licence: Public Domain Mark Credit: Anecdotes sur les Indiens de l'Amérique du Nord, leurs mœurs et leurs habitudes. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Secret remedies : what they cost and what they contain / based on analyses made for the British Medical Association.
Dalton-in-Furness (England). Urban District Council.
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 ...
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 ...
show credit information for image 'Sex work, stigma and whorephobia' Sex work, stigma and whorephobia. © Jessa Fairbrother for Wellcome Collection. Some years ago ...
In the final year of the First World War a deadly pandemic spread rapidly around the world. The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918–19 infected up to a third of the world’s population and killed up to 100 ...
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