The Wellcome Research Laboratories

The Wellcome physiological research laboratories 1894-1904: the home office, pharmaceutical firms, and animal experiments.

The Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories in Khartoum (1903-1934): an experiment in development.

During the winter of 1900-1901, Henry Solomon Wellcome, the well-known drug manufacturer, happened to be in one of the first parties of European civilians to visit the Sudan after the battle of Omdurman. The trip left a very strong impression on Wellcome. The country was devastated by war, disease and famine, as his account of an island north of Khartoum illustrated. He found most of the inhabi...

A relic of the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories in Khartoum (1903-34).

This article explores the origins of an old brass monocular microscope in the Central Laboratory in Khartoum, which used to be the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratory in Khartoum (1903-1934). Examination of the microscope and review of published literature gave clues to the historical background of this microscope. Identical microscopes were first manufactured by R and J Beck in 1898, and con...

Wellcome Home to the Wellcome Foundation Archive

The Wellcome Foundation Archive (WFA) comprises the surviving records of The Wellcome Foundation Ltd, the pharmaceutical company from which the fortunes of Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853±1936), and the Wellcome Trust, were derived. 1 The Wellcome Foundation Ltd was formed in 1924, as an amalgamation of Wellcome's business and other interests (including the Wellcome Bureau of Scientific ResearchÐ ...

Illustrations from the Wellcome Institute Library. Wellcome and Osler.

The lives of Sir William Osler (1849-1919) and Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) have much in common: they were nearly coevals; both were natives of North America who ended their lives in England; both devoted their lives to medicine and achieved public honours; both are commemorated in a variety of eponymous institutions; more importantly for present purposes, both pursued the study of medical hi...