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Cures & Curiosities Antony Gould

Cures & Curiosities By Antony Gould

Cures & Curiosities by Antony Gould


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The Wellcome Library is devoted to the history and understanding of medicine. It was collected in the early 20th century by a wealthy businessman Henry S Wellcome. This book presents an introduction to Wellcome Library's special collections. It offers snapshots of their quality and variety, guiding the reader through some of the Library's wonders.

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Cures & Curiosities: Inside the Wellcome Library by Antony Gould

The Wellcome Library is one of the most extraordinary libraries in the world. Devoted to the history and understanding of medicine, this massive and eclectic hoard was collected in the early 20th century by the eccentric and vastly wealthy businessman Henry S. Wellcome. Since Wellcome's death in 1936, the Library has continued to grow. Open to the public, it is a rich and unparalleled resource of over a million items spanning 3000 years, in which rare and surprising objects from anthropology, folk art, alchemy and witchcraft jostle for space alongside more conventional medical records and archives. This book is a fascinating introduction to the Library's special collections. Short, self-contained chapters offer lively snapshots of their quality and variety, guiding the reader through some of the Library's wonders, and giving brief glimpses of many more. Lavishly illustrated with more than 150 photographs, in full colour throughout, and punctuated by personal comments from authors who have used the Library (including Kathryn Hughes, Philip Hoare and Gillian Tindall), this is an invaluable record of the wonders of a memorable collection, and a testament to the rich complexity of medicine through the centuries. Publication is timed to coincide with the opening of the Wellcome Collection, a vibrant new GBP30m public venue for London, combining the world-famous Wellcome Library with exhibition spaces, events, a bookshop, cafe and conference facilities, and devoted to engaging the public with medical science.

Cures & Curiosities Reviews

"My plans exist in my mind like a jigsaw puzzle, and gradually I shall be able to piece it together" Henry S. Wellcome"

About Antony Gould

Tony Gould was for many years a BBC radio producer and literary editor of New Society magazine. He is a writer and reviewer, and two of his books, A Summer Plague: Polio and Its Survivors and Don't Fence Me In: Leprosy in Modern Times, drew on research he carried out in the Wellcome Library.

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GOR001784132
9781846680335
1846680336
Cures & Curiosities: Inside the Wellcome Library by Antony Gould
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Profile Books Ltd
2007-06-21
240
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