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1950 Encephaloscript EP 502 – 4 to 16 channel EEG, From the forthcoming 'Sleeping & Dreams' exhibition at the Wellcome Trust building
Henry Wellcome's esoteric personal collection of artefacts from the history of medicine is housed inside the renovated Wellcome Trust building on Euston Road (Euston Square station). The Trust has a huge public exhibition space alongside the permanent collection, currently exhibiting 'The Heart'. It's a great trawl through the history of medical science with outstanding exhibits displayed with care and attention. Included in the collection are objects as disparate as Ayurvedic anatomical drawings, centuries old Japanese dildos, collections of artifical eyes, a Bosch painting, 19th century medical chairs, a fully functioning modern heart/lung machine and a collection of prosthetic limbs through the ages. They have an exhibition on 'Sleeping & Dreams' coming up. Don't miss.
→ More on the permanent collection
→ More on The Heart exhibition
