The history of sanatoriums and surveillance | Wellcome Collection
Nov 29, 2022 · 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 known as sanatoriums.
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History of condoms from animal to rubber | Wellcome Collection
Nov 19, 2014 · Condoms have been with us for thousands of years, but the original condoms probably weren’t all that good for safe sex. Though tortoiseshell, animal intestine and linen have all been used to make them, it was Charles Goodyear’s discovery of vulcanised rubber in 1839 that brought condoms to the masses.
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Jul 12, 2024 · Explore the profound impact of physical work on health and the body at our new major exhibition. We publish thought-provoking books exploring health and human experiences. Our latest titles include ‘Nine Minds, Inner Lives on the Spectrum’, an illuminating, life-affirming book by Daniel Tammet ...
Finding the clitoris among the flowers | Wellcome Collection
Jan 8, 2025 · M edical language is not the only way to talk about bodies; in fact, it’s much less common than the myrtle-berries, brides, hills and apples all used as euphemisms for talking more discreetly about a part of the body which women are supposed to have felt guilty even to have found.. While many suggest something about the physical characteristics of the clitoris, the most pervasive of all ...
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The Victorian perspective on spectacles | Wellcome Collection
Feb 7, 2023 · A better understanding of the physiology and anatomy of the eye and the rise of ophthalmology (the medical study of eye diseases and disorders) led to more accurate diagnosis and measurement of vision. Scientific instruments such as the ophthalmoscope allowed direct observation of the condition of a person’s eye, and the range of conditions that spectacles were able to treat expanded.
Shakespeare and the four humours | Wellcome Collection
Dec 11, 2016 · S hakespeare’s writing is one of the most important sources for the knowledge we have about medicine in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. His works contains a lot of information on the contemporary medical practices of the time, but they also show the social history of medicine: how medicine formed a part of people’s lives and thoughts.
The oil road : journeys from the Caspian Sea to the city of London ...
"In a unique journey from the oil fields of the Caspian Sea to the refineries and financial centres of Northern Europe, James Marriott and Mika Minio-Paluello track the concealed routes along which flows the lifeblood of our economy. The stupendous resource of Azerbaijani crude has long inspired dreams of a world remade. From the revolutionary Futurism of the capital city, Baku, in …