Author: Ross Macfarlane

The Wellcome Library closes today for the festive period at 6pm and re-opens at 10am on Tuesday 3rd January 2012. We would just like to take this opportunity to wish all Library readers and followers of the Library Blog, a… Continue reading

When the Library surveys readers to assess their level of satisfaction with our service, a common comment is to highlight the helpfulness of the staff (a comment for which we are extremely grateful). We’d like to think that this begins… Continue reading

In this week’s episode of BBC Radio 4’s Random Edition, presenter Peter Snow marked the 150th anniversary of the death of Prince Albert. The programme focused on how the Prince Consort’s death was reported in one issue of the London… Continue reading

After a recent sighting in Bromley, a merman once owned by Henry Wellcome, and now in the collection of the Horniman Museum, is making an appearance north of the Thames at the headquarters of the Royal College of Physicians, beside… Continue reading

In the first of a new series, Conservator Amy Junker Heslip talks us through the conservation treatment she undertook on some of the Wellcome Library’s alchemical manuscripts. The Ripley Scrolls are manuscripts which illustrate the pursuit of the Philosopher’s Stone.… Continue reading

              Applications are welcomed for a new post at the Wellcome Library as a Specialist in Medieval and Early Modern Medicine. Candidates should have a higher degree in History with specialisation in pre-modern medicine… Continue reading

In 1936, readers of the Liverpool Echo were intrigued to read of the death of a London millionaire who apparently chose to live in a Portland Place hotel while maintaining a palatial Regents park residence for the sole occupancy of… Continue reading

Details are now available of a 3-day introductory course in the History of Medicine, to be held at the Society of Apothecaries, London, on 1st-3rd February 2012. The programme will cover Ancient, Classical, Eastern and Western medicine and the development… Continue reading

One of the pivotal figures in eighteenth century medicine, William Hunter (born on May 23rd 1718 at Long Calderwood, Kilbride, Scotland) was an eminent doctor, surgeon, obstetrician and teacher of anatomy. Educated in Glasgow and Edinburgh, he arrived in London… Continue reading

The last few weeks have seen two major collaborative projects in the field of midwifery archives come to fruition, opening up exciting new avenues for research and exploration. Thanks to the Wellcome Library’s own partnership with the International Confederation of… Continue reading