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Paper, medicine and everyday technologies in the early modern household
The next seminar in the 2016–17 History of Pre-Modern Medicine seminar series takes place on Tuesday 22nd November. Speaker: Dr Elaine Leong (Max Planck Institute, Berlin) Paper, medicine and everyday technologies in the early modern household Abstract: In recent years, the early modern… Continue reading
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Geffrye Museum Study Day: ‘At Home with the World’
As part of their current exhibition At Home With the World, the Geffrye Museum is hosting a study day on 19th May, at which historians, specialists and curators will explore the themes of the exhibition in greater depth. Topics discussed… Continue reading
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Wellcome Library Insight – Women, health and healing
This week’s free Wellcome Library Insight session – on Thursday 14th April – explores the changing role of women in medicine and attitudes to female healers through the centuries, with historical material drawn from the Wellcome Library’s collections. Our Insight… Continue reading
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Wellcome Library Insight – Women, health and healing
This week’s free Wellcome Library Insight session – on Thursday 10th March – explores the changing role of women in medicine and attitudes to female healers through the centuries, with historical material drawn from the Wellcome Library’s collections. Our… Continue reading
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Wellcome Library Insight: The Quest for Perfect Skin
This week’s free Wellcome Library Insight session – on Thursday 9th September – explores the roots of the ‘beauty industry’, its consequences for the individual and its relationship with health, comparing early modern skincare preparations with today’s practices. Speaker: Stefania… Continue reading
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Wellcome Library Insight: The Quest for Perfect Skin
This week’s free Wellcome Library Insight session – on Thursday 17th June – explores the roots of the ‘beauty industry’, its consequences for the individual and its relationship with health, comparing early modern skincare preparations with today’s practices. Speaker: Stefania… Continue reading
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‘A Welsh Leech Book’
Of the thousands of manuscripts in the Wellcome Library, only one is written in Welsh. And as it’s St David’s Day today – the patron saint of Wales, of course – we thought we would offer a few words on… Continue reading
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The best things in life
What would you consider to be the most valuable objects in your home? Your laptop? Photo albums? Favourite clothes? Probably not the contents of your bathroom cabinet. But for Elizabeth Freke, living in Norfolk at the turn of the 17th… Continue reading
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Item of the Month, September 2009: George Washington’s order for supplies
Laudanum, Sago and Glue for the Father of his Country Two hundred and fifty years ago, on September 20th 1759, a young member of the landed gentry in Virginia sent an order for supplies to London. The document, now held… Continue reading