This material is part of the Elmer Belt Florence Nightingale collection. The original may be consulted at University of California Libraries. "The following notes are by no means intended as a rule of ...

Diecut trade card advertising Lever Brothers' Sunlight Soap. The front shows a young man with red hair (and red lips) wearing a yellow and red waistcoat, white shirt and green striped trousers reading ...

Explore the historical depiction of witchcraft through a 1720 woodcut showing witches giving babies to the devil.

Magazine insert advertising Hall's Coca Wine, a tonic wine made from the leaves of the Erythroxylon Coca plant. Sir Robert Christison is mentioned as being an early advocate of coca as a medicine. The ...

One of two paintings showing two rich and two poor opium smokers ...

From medieval birth scrolls to online discussion forums, Sally Butcher's artwork explores the the historical and contemporary ...

What does depression feel like – and what helps? Gavin Francis reflects on language, culture and care, and the small steps ...

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A map (p106-107) taken from a report by Dr. John Snow: p. [97]-120 of the "Report on the cholera outbreak in the Parish of St. James, Westminster, during the autumn of 1854", presented to the vestry ...

1 photograph (album page 4) : photoprint ; sheet 23.1 x 30.9 cm ...

Includes advertisements for cigarettes, alcohol (Guinness, Drambuie, Campari, whisky), clothing, cars, perfume, watches, luxury goods, travel, petrol, banks and some ...