Boyhood : the facts of life presented to boys / by Charles Thompson ; with a foreword by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Birmingham (Vice-President of the "H.& E." Association of Honour).

Clean : a history of personal hygiene and purity / Virginia Smith.

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

Our exhibition ‘1880 THAT: Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader’ in Gallery 2 is closed this afternoon (Tuesday 17 February) due to essential maintenance work. Thank you for your understanding.

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Purity (Ethics)

Works from the collections

Boyhood : the facts of life presented to boys / by Charles Thompson ; with a foreword by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Birmingham (Vice-President of the "H.& E." Association of Honour).

Clean : a history of personal hygiene and purity / Virginia Smith.