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Reality behind research: 21 years of oral history with Wellcome Witness
Thousands of scientific papers are published every year, reporting on interesting results, but the standard format – introduction, materials and methods, results, conclusions, references – leaves...
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Global Health Histories Explores Antimicrobial Resistance and 20th Century...
Earlier this year a report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned that resistance to common antimicrobial drugs has reached alarming levels, with fewer and fewer effective treatment options...
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Image of the Week: Glycerine and Cucumber
In our image of the week this week, Carly Dakin looks at how to achieve soft, smooth complexion free from redness – the 19th century way. Just reach for “the queen of toilet preparations for all...
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Pathways of resistance: from mercury to methicillin
In a climate of rising fear over the diminishing efficacy of antibiotics, Wellcome-supported microbiologists have looked back at the bacteria-killing substances of the pre-antibiotic era – toxic...
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A Brief History of Childbirth: Exploring the National Childbirth Trust Archives
The Wellcome Library is a treasure trove of books and archives than span a wealth of biomedical and health related subjects. The newly-catalogued National Childbirth Trust (NCT) archive, containing...
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Image of the Week: a ‘Movember’ special
This week’s image of the week is a ‘Movember’ special, celebrating Henry Wellcome’s moustache through the ages.* From a questionable goatee in the 1880s to a more restrained turn of the century ‘tache,...
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Researcher Spotlight: Louise Powell
Louise Powell is doing an MA in Medieval and Renaissance Literary Studies with a focus on the way twins are represented 17th century literature. She recently got a Wellcome Trust bursary for...
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