Scotland's first printed medical book (1568), written in Scots. Learn the history of the plague in Scotland. Downloadable learning activities
Delve into the first 10 editions of 'Encyclopaedia Britannica', published from 1771 to 1903.
Journals, watercolours and sketches by Gaelic folklorist, artist, traveller, and scientist John Francis Campbell (1821 to 1885)
Search 426 volumes of rare official documents recording disease prevention and public health in India in the 19th and 20th centuries
A tribute to 10 great Scottish scientists of the past. Read transcripts of letters, papers and published works about or by them
Learn about John William Moir's collection of rare books on all aspects of bees and beekeeping, including how bees 'sing'!
