I received this flyer whilst out and about in London. I kept hold of it because I liked the use of old type and illustration for medicine. I decided to visit the exhibition (an example of effective advertising). Although the exhibition did not delve into the dynamics of typography in medicine, it did show the importance of design for medicine in the past. 
The current exhibition displays anatomical wax works from the 19th century, which were of great interest to people at the time, and a necessary part of medicine.
Although some of the exhibition was somewhat gruesome (even for today’s standards), it was informative about how science and design were combined to educate.
This is an early-twentiuth century poster from the exhibition educating Spaniards about tuberculosis. It would be interesting to compare this to a modern day swine flu poster. (Collection Family Coolen, Antwerp/Museum Dr Guislain, Ghent, Belgium)
Find out more by visiting the Wellcome Collection website here.
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