Cures & Curiosities: Inside the Wellcome Library

摘要

The Wellcome's collections contain materials dating from antiquity to the present, in various media and acquired from locations encircling the globe, so selecting a representative sample was always going to be difficult. The editor claims that Cures and Curiosities is meant to provide the reader with 'a taste of what is available in the Wellcome' (p. 7), rather than a guide or a catalogue-an ambition admirably met in a book that offers a glimpse under the skin of one of the world's foremost medical collections. It is worth noting that researchers wishing to locate particular archive and library materials should refer to the Wellcome Library's detailed online and printed catalogues.