Tag: books

It’s not often books purchased by the Wellcome Library have guested on a prime time American crime show, but then again, Carl Jung’s The Red Book is no ordinary work. A facsimile of Carl Jung’s Liber Novus (New Book), The… Continue reading

Here is a crisply expressed idea about medical history: In defining primary sources, context is important. A historian must strive to situate the topic in time and place. No medical subject—be it a person, a practice, an institution, a technology,… Continue reading

Richard Barnett’s new book, Medical London: City of Diseases, City of Cures has been selected as Book of the Week on Radio 4. You can tune in each morning at 9.45, or at 00.30 for the nightbirds. And of course,… Continue reading