Research - discovery - achievement.

Date:
Between 1950 and 1959?
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: Research - discovery - achievement. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A view of one of the Chemical Research Laboratories THE STAFF In 1898, the Laboratories were moved from Central London to Brockwell Hall, Heme Hill, a 10-acre estate which included stables and buildings suitable not only for the preparation of sera but also for research. At that time no commercial laboratory was permitted to carry out experiments on living animals, but Wellcome, whose aim was the advancement of medical science rather than manu- facture only, determined to make his Laboratories a research centre in fact as well as name. Despite considerable opposition from influential quarters, he gained his object at the beginning of the present century and The Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories were registered as a place where such experiments could be performed—the first commercial research unit of its type in Britain.