Monthly Archives: May 2018

Opening Hours w/b 28th May

Next week, the library will be open at the following times:

Monday: CLOSED (Bank Holiday)
Tuesday: 2.15pm-5pm
Wednesday: 2pm-4.30pm
Thursday & Friday: 2.15pm-5pm

If you would like to use our resources, please contact us by phone or email to arrange your visit.

Please note that we currently have a section of books (from shelfmarks RC to RM) which have been sent away for conservation treatment. These will be returning in the next few weeks, but in the meantime please do consult SOLO or contact us in advance to check if the books you need are available.

Have a lovely weekend!

Cauterizing a leg-wound. ‘Feldtbuch der Wundartzney’, Frankfurt, 1551. Credit: Wellcome Collection. CC BY

History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Postgraduate Conference 2018: 7th-8th June

The Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology presents:

The 2018 HSMT Postgraduate Conference
Sex, Drugs and Death: New Perspectives on Science, Medicine and Technology
Thursday 7th & Friday 8th June
History Faculty Lecture Theatre, George Street, Oxford
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With panels on:

  • Early modern natural philosophy
  • Modern science
  • Psychology
  • Public health and colonialism
  • Reproduction and eugenics

See the full programme here.

The History of Science, Medicine, and Technology is an ever-expanding discipline. This two-day conference allows Oxford postgraduate students in the field to present their research, covering a broad chronological, geographic, and thematic scope. Panel topics range from early modern ideas to public health, with individual papers covering subjects as diverse as reproductive technology, honeybee diseases and twentieth-century scepticism about science – truly offering new perspectives, as questions fundamental to the history of science and medicine are explored and examined.

All welcome.  Admission and lunch are free, but registration is essential. To register please contact belinda.clark@wuhmo.ox.ac.uk by 30 May.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening Hours w/b 21st May

Next week’s opening hours will be:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 2.15pm-5pm
Wednesday: 2pm-4.30pm

If you would like to use the library, contact us to arrange your visit.

Please note that we currently have a section of books (from shelfmarks RC to RM) which have been sent away for conservation treatment. We hope that these will return soon, but in the meantime please do consult SOLO or contact us in advance to check if the books you need are available.

Have a good weekend!

‘White glass eye with blue iris, cased. Gustav Taylor, London,1901’. Credit: Science Museum, London. CC BY

 

 

 

Opening Hours w/b 14th May

Our opening hours next week will be as follows:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 2.15pm-5pm
Wednesday: 2pm-4.30pm

If you would like to use the library, contact us by email or telephone to arrange your visit.

Please note that we currently have a section of books (from shelfmarks RC to RM) which have been sent away for conservation treatment. We hope that these will return soon, but in the meantime please do consult SOLO or contact us in advance to check if the books you need are available.

Enjoy the weekend!

Apothecary’s shop sign in the shape of the Sun, Europe, 1701- Science Museum, London. Copper, 305 mm. This sign may have hung outside a shop to attract customers or it might have been part of the internal decoration. Apollo was the Greek god of light and for this reason is associated with the Sun. He was also a patron of medicine and healing and was said to be the judge of sickness and health.’ Credit: Science Museum, London. CC BY

Opening Hours w/b 7th May

Our opening hours next week will be as follows:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 2.15pm-5pm
Wednesday: 2pm-4.30pm

If you would like to use the Wellcome Unit Library, contact us by email or telephone to arrange your visit.

Please note that we currently have a section of books (from shelfmarks RC to RM) which have been sent away for conservation treatment. We hope that these will return soon, but in the meantime please do consult SOLO or contact us in advance to check if the books you need are available.

Have a lovely weekend!

‘The Pain-killer Polka Song, an advert for Perry Davis’ Pain Killer by F. Archer, ca. 1899. Wellcome Library no. EPH+57′ . Credit: Wellcome Collection. CC BY