19th century RCP lectures from the Goulstonian and Croonian series are now available to read online, including topics such as circulation and sleep.

The RCP museum has acquired an 1810 George III silver inkstand, a gift from Queen Charlotte to fellow Matthew Baillie for his care of her daughter, Princess Amelia

The struggle to prevent and cure infectious diseases has troubled physicians for centuries, at least since the plague of Athens, as this article explains.

Munk’s Roll, first compiled by physician William Munk (1816–1898) and still maintained today, is a series of obituaries or biographies of fellows of the RCP.

Entries in the Lives of the fellows – the RCP’s series of obituaries of fellows, commonly known as ‘Munk’s Roll’ – reveals the medical establishment’s slowly changing attitudes to homosexuality throughout the 20th century.

19th century editions of Thomas Browne’s innovative and formative work, Religio medici are now available online as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library (UK-MHL). Religio medici is a fascinating work, discussing some of the personal and professional concerns troubling Browne and the wider community of physicians in the 17th century.

Rare books from the RCP library by Podmore illustrate the history of spiritualism and investigations into spiritualism during the 19th century, including the work of Daniel Dunglas Home, Henry Slade, and others.

Letters in the RCP archives written by the pioneering feminist and physician Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836–1917) demonstrate her determination to achieve success in the then almost exclusively male field of medicine.