Surrounded by saltwater but starved of the fresh kind, Aegina’s residents rely on tankers and plastic bottles to get by.

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 ...

M0001649: Reproduction of a plan of Chelsea Physic Garden, engraving by Sutton Nicholls, 1725 Date: 06 February 1931 Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/15/44 ...

Burnley (England). County Borough Council.

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Credit: The human atmosphere, or, The aura made visible by the aid of chemical screens / by Walter J. Kilner. Source: Wellcome Collection. Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A.

The ‘Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection’ display features a rare medieval birth scroll and explores protective practices and beliefs around pregnancy, childbirth and infertility past and present.

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; image 15.3 x 10.3 cm ...

M0016897: Portrait of Carlo Forlanini (1847-1918) / M0016898: Carlo Forlanini administering an artificial pneumothorax Date: May 1958 Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/152/12 ...

Credit: On a model sanatorium for consumptives / by Sir Lauder Brunton. Source: Wellcome Collection. Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original ...

show credit information for image 'Geothermal hot spring landscape in Railroad Valley, Nevada, where a Canadian mining company is drilling a new hole in an effort to find large deposits of lithium.