Shakespeare and the four humours | Wellcome Collection
网页2016年12月11日 · Shakespeare and the four humours. Blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile: the body’s four humours were believed to control your personality in Shakespeare’s day and influenced the way the Bard created some of his most famous characters. Words by Nelly Ekströmaverage reading time 5 minutes 11 December 2016. Article. William …
The history of sanatoriums and surveillance - Wellcome Collection
网页2022年11月29日 · At the heart of this approach was the belief that foul air caused tuberculosis. Despite Robert Koch’s discovery of the TB germ, Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 1882, the foul-air theory continued to shape 20th-century treatments. The high premium placed on ‘pure’ air as a therapeutic tool informed the growth of specialised hospitals …
Boys swimming naked at Newlyn, Cornwall, 1893. Process print by …
网页The James Gardiner Collection. James Gardiner Collection: unlabelled photograph album. Boys swimming naked at Newlyn, Cornwall, 1893. Process print by F. Frith & Co., 190-. 2046024i
Thalidomide survivors in the 21st century - Wellcome Collection
网页2021年5月27日 · Thalidomide survivors in the 21st century. The babies affected by thalidomide in the early 1960s have grown up. With a wealth of experience behind them, they reflect on the value of humour, becoming parents, and the legacy of the thalidomide scandal. Words by Ruth Blue artwork by Hollie Chastainaverage reading time 5 minutes …
Two naked Sicilian boys, in a classical pose, outside a cottage door ...
网页Plüschow, Wilhelm von, Baron, active 1880-1900. The Fallaize Collection. Photographs by Wilhelm von Gloeden and Wilhelm von Plu̎shcow. This item requires safeguarded access. You will need to complete an application form before you will be allowed to view this item. Requests are considered on a ...
Lichtkämpfer, Sonnenfreunde und wilde Nackte : zur Geschichte …
网页Lichtkämpfer, Sonnenfreunde und wilde Nackte : zur Geschichte der Freiköperkultur in Deutschland / Hans Bergemann.
Databases - Wellcome Collection
网页19th-century UK Periodicals Series 1: New Readerships: Women's, Children's, Humour and Leisure/Sport. This collection of almost 100 women’s, children’s and leisure/sport periodicals Children's, Humour and Leisure/Sport focuses on the birth of modern magazine publishing in the UK between 1800 and 1900. The database allows full-text searching ...
The relationship between science and art - Wellcome Collection
网页2015年3月24日 · W hen C P Snow, the British novelist and physical chemist, wrote in 1959 that “the intellectual life of the whole of Western society is increasingly being split into two polar groups”, he was talking of the differences between scientists and literary intellectuals. But he could as easily have been talking about science and the visual arts. To many, …
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The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
网页2017年11月9日 · Examples of pharmacy signs around London. 5 images. Another graphic symbol closely related to pharmacy is Rx. It derives from the Latin verb recipere, meaning ‘to take back’ or ‘to receive’, and first appeared on doctors’ notes to chemists. In America, pharmaceutical products still bear the symbol to mark the authority of prescriptions.