Cures & curiosities: inside the Wellcome Library
Lavishly illustrated and punctuated by personal comments from authors who have used the Library, this is an invaluable record of the wonders of a memorable collection, and a testament to the rich complexity of medicine through the centuries.
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| Summary: | Lavishly illustrated and punctuated by personal comments from authors who have used the Library, this is an invaluable record of the wonders of a memorable collection, and a testament to the rich complexity of medicine through the centuries. |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-26) |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
About the contributors
vii
Foreword by Sebastian Faults
xi
Introduction by Tony Gould
1
1
Collecting the Everyday:
9
Henry Wellcome and Three of His Agents
2
Repositories of Domestic Knowledge:
25
The Evolution of Recipe and Remedy Books
MR BEETON S SECRET
38
by Kathryn Hughes
3
Breakthroughs and Bust-ups:
41
Experiments and Discoveries in Modern Medicine
THE ROVING INTELLECT OF FRANCIS CRICK
54
by Robert Olby
4
A Card Written in Arabic: An Oriental Tale
59
5
Plagues, Pests and Pollution:
67
Public Health and Its Custodians
FORCEFUL AND FORTHRIGHT: W. H. BRADLEY
82
by Anne Hardy
6
Wicked as Ever: Untimely Deaths and Executions
85
A SERPENTINE TALE
96
by Ruth Richardson
7
Ministering to Minds Diseased: Psychiatrists and Asylums
99
8
By Land and Sea: Travels in Europe and Asia
113
YOUNG DOCTORS IN POST-REVOLUTIONARY PARIS
124
by Gillian Tindall
0
9
The Elixir of Life: The Many Facets of Alchemy
127
THE MANY MEANINGS OF MONSTERS
136
by
Armand
Lewi
10
Doctors at War: Military Medicine
139
from Napoleonic Times
THE MEMORY OF A MILITARY HOSPITAL
148
by Philip Hoare
11
A Quick Fix: Proprietary Medicines and Their Purveyors
151
12
Goigs and Thankas: The Benign and Malign
163
in Catalonia and Tibet
MAKING HONEY
170
by Sarah
Bakęwell
13
Wives, Lovers and Mothers:
173
Sex and Birth Control in the UK
NEWS FROM THE PAST
184
by Wendy Moore
14
Hunt the Ancestor: Genealogy and Medical Records
187
15
Heat, Dust and Disease:
197
Tropical Medicine, Missionaries and Leprosy
Acknowledgements
210
Text references
212
Illustration references
215
Links and further information
220
Further reading
223
About the Wellcome Library
226
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CONTENTS
About the contributors
vii
Foreword by Sebastian Faults
xi
Introduction by Tony Gould
1
1
Collecting the Everyday:
9
Henry Wellcome and Three of His Agents
2
Repositories of Domestic Knowledge:
25
The Evolution of Recipe and Remedy Books
MR BEETON'S SECRET
38
by Kathryn Hughes
3
Breakthroughs and Bust-ups:
41
Experiments and Discoveries in Modern Medicine
THE ROVING INTELLECT OF FRANCIS CRICK
54
by Robert Olby
4
A Card Written in Arabic: An Oriental Tale
59
5
Plagues, Pests and Pollution:
67
Public Health and Its Custodians
FORCEFUL AND FORTHRIGHT: W. H. BRADLEY
82
by Anne Hardy
6
Wicked as Ever: Untimely Deaths and Executions
85
A SERPENTINE TALE
96
by Ruth Richardson
7
Ministering to Minds Diseased: Psychiatrists and Asylums
99
8
By Land and Sea: Travels in Europe and Asia
113
YOUNG DOCTORS IN POST-REVOLUTIONARY PARIS
124
by Gillian Tindall
0
9
The Elixir of Life: The Many Facets of Alchemy
127
THE MANY MEANINGS OF MONSTERS
136
by
Armand
Lewi
10
Doctors at War: Military Medicine
139
from Napoleonic Times
THE MEMORY OF A MILITARY HOSPITAL
148
by Philip Hoare
11
A Quick Fix: Proprietary Medicines and Their Purveyors
151
12
Goigs and Thankas: The Benign and Malign
163
in Catalonia and Tibet
MAKING HONEY
170
by Sarah
Bakęwell
13
Wives, Lovers and Mothers:
173
Sex and Birth Control in the UK
NEWS FROM THE PAST
184
by Wendy Moore
14
Hunt the Ancestor: Genealogy and Medical Records
187
15
Heat, Dust and Disease:
197
Tropical Medicine, Missionaries and Leprosy
Acknowledgements
210
Text references
212
Illustration references
215
Links and further information
220
Further reading
223
About the Wellcome Library
226 |
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