This exhibition explores humanity’s vital connection with freshwater – an essential source of life and pillar of good health for people and planet.

Over 1.1 million items exploring art, health, culture and what it means to be human. Our South Asian collections include historical manuscripts in the region’s many languages, documents from the ...

Diseases of the heart : described for practitioners and students / by Sir Thomas Lewis. Thomas Lewis ...

Credit: Ophthalmia neonatorum : with especial reference to its causation and prevention / by Sydney Stephenson. Source: Wellcome Collection. Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey ...

The originals may be consulted at the Museum of Military Medicine. A digitised copy is available to view via the online catalogue on the Wellcome Collection website. A facsimile set of colour ...

In 1950, an American journalist popularised the term ‘brainwashing’, arguing that a new amalgam of technology, medicine and ideology was allowing an onslaught on people’s minds. In this abridged ...

show credit information for image 'Legacies of eugenics in school' Legacies of eugenics in school. © Gergo Varga (varrgo.com) for Wellcome Collection. When A-level ...

In the five centuries since Europeans were introduced to tobacco, smoking has generated considerable controversy. This gallery tracks shifting views on smoking and health, from life-saving stimulant ...

How do you avoid catching the plague? Smoke constantly. Carry a sponge soaked in vinegar. Hang oranges studded with cloves around your house. This was the best medical advice available circa 1665, as ...

show credit information for image 'A covered corpse lying on a bed. Etching by Ch. Chaplin after Louis-Henri Deschamps.' When terrible winter storms lashed the East Coast of America in December 2022, ...

Wellcome Collection is built on collections assembled by Sir Henry Wellcome. In the early 20th century Wellcome founded a private historical medical museum closely linked with his pharmaceutical ...