Needle, a small London-based group, led the early fight for patient rights. Leona Letts reveals how they championed giving ...

'Finger Talk' is a new British Sign Language (BSL) artwork by Cathy Mager that invites you to enter a space shaped by deaf perspectives.

Administration.--Medicine, surgery and pathology.--Campaign in the Western Theatre.--Preventive medicine (in 3 pts.: Nutrition.--Malaria control.--Prevention of ...

Credit: Appendix to report of the committee for scientific inquiries in relation to the cholera-epidemic of 1854 / presented to both Houses of Parliament by Her Majesty's command. Source: Wellcome ...

This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London. This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be ...

Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913.

Bartholomaeus de Ripa Romea, De lapidibus, and other texts Date: Mid 14th Century Reference: MS.116 ...

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 ...

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 ...

show credit information for image 'Legacies of eugenics in school' Legacies of eugenics in school. © Gergo Varga (varrgo.com) for Wellcome Collection. When A-level ...

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 ...

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 ...