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Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health. Inspired by the medical objects and curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome, it connects science, medicine, life and art. Wellcome Collection exhibitions, events and books explore a diverse range of subjects, including consciousness, forensic medicine, emotions, sexology, identity and death. The library is one of the world’s finest for the study of the social and cultural contexts of health. Among many other things, it contains a large number of rare medieval manuscripts, such as vividly illustrated almanacs, scrolls and practitioners’ manuals, relating to medicine and the body. Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome, a global charitable foundation that exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive, funding over 14,000 researchers and projects in more than 70 countries.

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Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road, London, Greater London NW1 2BE England

library@wellcome.ac.uk

020 ​7611 ​2222

http://wellcomecollection.org

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  • 21 October 2021

    In the isolation of lockdown, Daisy Lafarge's repeated visits to the miniature worlds contained in drops of water provided her with the escapism she craved. Part of #Ritual, a series guest edited by @RebTamas, poet and environmental non-fiction writer. https://t.co/suyvptxqQD

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  • Oliver Shewell Franks (1905–1992), Baron Franks of Headington
    Oliver Shewell Franks (1905–1992), Baron Franks of Headington Norman Hepple (1908–1994)
  • First World War: A Royal Army Medical Corps Bearer Supplying Water to the Front Line
    First World War: A Royal Army Medical Corps Bearer Supplying Water to the Front Line Haydn Reynolds Mackey (1881–1979)
  • Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
    Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936) Philippa Abrahams (b.1947)
  • A Dentist (Uncle Sam) about to Extract a Tooth from a Patient (Kaiser Wilhem II), Representing America's Successful Involvement in the First World War
    A Dentist (Uncle Sam) about to Extract a Tooth from a Patient (Kaiser Wilhem II), Representing America's Successful Involvement in the First World War Philippe Forbes-Robertson (1898–1968)
  • Sir John Young Walker MacAlister (1856–1925), Librarian and Secretary, Royal Society of Medicine, London
    Sir John Young Walker MacAlister (1856–1925), Librarian and Secretary, Royal Society of Medicine, London Eric Henri Kennington (1888–1960) (after)
  • A House with a Turret: To the Left a Woman Is Bathing, to the Right Another Woman Is Wringing Out Clothes, and in the Centre Five Men Are Juggling Plates, All in a Medieval Style
    A House with a Turret: To the Left a Woman Is Bathing, to the Right Another Woman Is Wringing Out Clothes, and in the Centre Five Men Are Juggling Plates, All in a Medieval Style John Armstrong (1893–1973)
  • Sir Patrick Manson (1844–1922), Investigator of Tropical Diseases
    Sir Patrick Manson (1844–1922), Investigator of Tropical Diseases John Young-Hunter (1874–1955)
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