The reports were produced each year by the Medical Officer of Health (MOH) of a district and set out the work done by his public health and sanitary officers. They provided vital data on birth and death rates, infant mortality, incidence of infectious and other diseases, and a general statement on the health of the population. The reports also allowed the authors to express the diversity of their local communities and their own personal interests so sometimes contained unexpected and quirky...
To browse journals by title, please click here . The journals collection is part of the Wellcome Library, one of the world’s major resources for the study of medical history. The Library houses 2.5 million items of exceptional diversity, including books, films, archives, manuscripts and artworks from around the world. The journals comprise a very large collection, going back as far as the late eighteenth century, and are representative of the broad span and...
Chemist and Druggist, the leading trade journal for the pharmacy community in the UK, has been in continuous publication since 1859. It contains a wealth of information for studying the history of medicine and pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry. Also contained in its pages are many striking visual examples from over 150 years of developments in advertising, packaging and graphic design. The Chemist and Druggist has been made available by the Wellcome Library , one of the greatest...
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1889
1889
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Solomon, King of Israel. n 80024516; Mathers, S. L. MacGregor (Samuel Liddell MacGregor)
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Limited ed. of 500 numbered copies
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Topic: Jewish magic
Resources digitised to compliment the Wellcome Collection Sexology exhibit, 2014-15.
The history of medicine in film The Moving Image and Sound Collection (MISC) is part of the Wellcome Library , one of the greatest specialist collections on the history of medicine and the medical humanities. The Library houses over 2.5 million items of extraordinary range and diversity, including books, films, archives, manuscripts and artworks from around the world. This selection of over 200 digitised videos from MISC covers all aspects of 20th century healthcare and medicine. Some of the...
Topic: medical
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1861
1861
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Lévi, Éliphas, 1810-1875. n 50032513
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t. 1. Dogme.--t. 2. Rituel
Topic: Magic
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Nouveau manuel complet des sorciers, ou la magie blanche, dévoilée par les découvertes de la chimie, de la physique et de la mécanique, contenant un grand nombre de tours dus à l'électricité, au calorique, à la lumière, à l'air, aux nombres, aux cartes, à l'escamotage, etc. Ainsi que les scènes de ventriloquie exécutées et communiquées par M. Conte [i.e. Comte] ...
1837
1837
by
Comte, M. (Louis Christian Emanuel Apollinaire), 1788-1859. nr2002007347
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2 unnumbered leaves, 392 pages, 3 folded plates : (18mo)
Topic: Occultism
Wellcome Sexology Collection
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1934
1934
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Unwin, J. D. (Joseph Daniel), 1895-1936.; Unwin, J. D. (Joseph Daniel), 1895-1936
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"Notes and references": p. [433]-617. Bibliography: p. [624]-642
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Topics: Primitive societies, Sexual ethics, Sex, Culture
Historic printed material published by the Wellcome Trust.
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1902
1902
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Sédir, Paul, 1871-1926. n 85184975
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Bibliography: [173]-178
Topic: Materia Medica
Edition limited to 300 numbered copies on French hand-made paper"
Topic: Sex
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1907
1907
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Däath, Heinrich. n 2005181550
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xi, 111 pages : 16 cm
Topic: Medical astrology
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
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1788
1788
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Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791. n 50032813
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ESTC
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Topic: English language
Issued in a limited edition of "only three thousand copies"
Topics: Erotic literature, Erotic art, Sex in literature, Pornography, Sex, Prostitution, Homosexuality,...
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
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1929
1929
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Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947. n 80057223
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"Published for subscribers only."
Topics: Occultism, Magic
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1801
1801
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Barrett, Francis. n 87131016; Trithemius, Johannes, 1462-1516. n 82072962
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Printer's imprint at foot of half-title: Knight and Compton, printers
Topics: Occultism, Alchemy, Magic
The sound archive includes ‘born-digital’ and older formats such as audio-cassettes and CDs of radio programmes on medical, biomedical and medical-historical topics. Non-broadcasted material includes recordings documenting exhibitions, interviews, lectures, conferences, seminars and symposia, many of which were organised by the Wellcome Trust.
Topics: wellcome, sound recordings
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
Resources digitised to compliment the Wellcome Collection Forensics exhibit, 2014-15.
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
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1910
1910
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Le Vasseur, A
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"La présente édition en français ... n'est autre chose que la rajeunissement complet de la traduction attribuée à A. Levasseur dans le catalogue Brunet." -- "Avertissement," t. 1, p. [v]
Topic: Magic
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1935
1935
by
Churchill, W. A. (William Algernon), 1865-1947
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94 pages cdxxxii pages : 30 1/2 cm
Topics: Paper industry -- History, Papermaking -- History, Watermarks, Papermaking
649
649
1754
1754
by
Bullet, Jean-Baptiste, 1699-1775
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3 volumes ; (folio)
Topics: Celtic languages, Celtic literature
625
625
1894
1894
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Marshall, A. B. (Agnes B.) n 50075751
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vi pages, 1 ., 238 pages : 21 cm
Topics: Cooking, Ice
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texts
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Includes index
Topic: Cooking, English
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1889
1889
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Hartmann, Franz, 1838-1912. n 50026762
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136 pages : 22 cm
Topic: Astrology
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1912
1912
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Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935
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xviii, 84, 1711 pages ; 27 cm
Topics: Chinese language -- Dictionaries -- English, Chinese language
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1904
1904
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Archer, Ethel
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Includes index
Topic: Cooking
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"Comprising information concerning all persons bearing hereditary or courtesy titles, knights, companions of all the various orders, and the collateral branches of all peers and baronets"
Topic: Genealogy and Heraldry
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
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1845
1845
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Bréteau, Madame
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xiv, 309 pages : (12mo)
Topic: Le Normand, M. A. (Marie-Anne Adélaide), 1772-1843
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1874
1874
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Pauly, A. (Alphonse), 1830- nr 98010108
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"Table des auteurs": final [36] leaves
Topic: Bibliography of Medicine
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
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1858
1858
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Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910
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Several prefaces and appendices to sections inserted, with individual roman pagings (245 p. in all)
Topics: Military Medicine, Military Nursing, Hospitals, Military
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
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163
1854
1854
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La Gironière, Paul P. de. n 85219193
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Title vignette (port.)
Topic: Travel
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1900
1900
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Maitland, Agnes C. (Agnes Catherine), 1849-1906
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Includes index
Topic: Afternoon teas
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals
165
165
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1920
1920
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Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934. n 80057205
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Plate, facing p. [ii], contains dedication to the memory of Samuel Birch, within colored ornamental border of Egyptian design
Topic: Egyptian language
3000 copies were privately printed by the anthropological branch of the Falstaff Press in 1933
Topics: Paraphilias, Sex, Homosexuality, Prostitution, Erotica, Nudity
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1909
1909
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Burke, Bernard, 1814-1892
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clxxxv, 2570 pages : 27 cm
Topics: Genealogy and Heraldry, Baronetage, Nobility, Great Britain
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Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
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33
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1890
1890
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Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna), 1831-1891. n 79032225
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Includes glossary
Topic: Theosophy
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Amulets and superstitions : the original texts with translations and descriptions of a long series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim amulets and talismans and magical figures, with chapters on the evil eye, the origin of the amulet, the pentagon, the swastika, the cross (pagan and Christian), the properties of stones, rings, divination, numbers, the Kabbâlâh, ancient astrology, etc., bySir E. A. Wallis Budge ...
1930
1930
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Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934. n 80057205
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xxxix, 543 pages, 1 unnumbered page : 25 cm
Topics: Amulets, Superstitions, Superstition
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1922
1922
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Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947. n 80057223
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368 pages ; 20 cm
Topics: Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947, Substance-Related Disorders, Drug abuse, Drug addicts
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1827
1827
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Higgins, Godfrey, 1773-1833. n 85312307
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Illustrated t.-p., mounted
Topics: Druids and druidism, Alphabet
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The book of household management [electronic resource] : comprising information for the mistress, housekeeper, cook, kitchen-maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, upper and under house-maids, lady's maid, maid-of-all-work, laundry-maid, nurse and nurse-maid, monthly, wet, and sick nurses, etc. etc. also, sanitary, medical, & legal memoranda with a history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected with home life and comfort
1861
1861
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Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865
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Added illustrated t.-p. with title: Beeton's book of household management
Topics: Cooking, Housekeeping
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705
1895
1895
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Elworthy, Frederic Thomas, 1830-1907
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xii, 471 pages, 1 unnumbered page including frontispiece, 2 plates (1 color 1 folded) : 23 cm
Topic: Superstitions
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728
1877
1877
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ʻAlī ibn al-ʻAbbās, al-Majūsī al-Arrajānī, 930-994
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Topic: Medicine, Arabic
2,757
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1940
1940
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Liddell, Henry George, 1811-1898
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xlv, 2042, xi, 153 pages ; 30 cm
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Topic: Greek language
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals
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1881
1881
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Massey, Gerald, 1828-1907. n 50044123
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Contains vocabularies
Topics: Egyptian language, Mythology, Religion, Folklore
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1938
1938
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Sahagún, Bernardino de, -1590. n 79122689
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Descriptive letterpress on versos facing all plates except one
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Topics: History, Aztecs, Calendar, Indians of Mexico, Nahuatl language, Natural history
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1935
1935
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Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945. n 2005069085 n 2005069085
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285 pages ; 22 cm
Topics: World War, 1914-1918, National socialism, Politics and government
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29
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39
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1810
1810
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Haslam, John, 1764-1844. n 79061042
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Author mentioned in Garrison-Morton
Topic: Matthews, James Tilly
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals
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1539
1539
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Brasavola, A. M. (Antonio Musa), 1500-1555
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48 unnumbered pages, 542 pages ; (8vo)
Topics: Materia Medica, Plants, Medicinal
