Copyright

The Wellcome Library takes copyright seriously and only makes content available on its web sites in accordance with current UK legislation.

In line with this, the Library uses a “best endeavours” approach when digitising ‘orphan works’ – that is, works which are in copyright, but where the rights holder cannot be traced.

To accommodate the possibility that a previously unknown copyright holder may come forward and request the removal of content from our public web sites, the Library uses the following take-down policy:

Where the copyright holder is not known, The Wellcome Library makes all reasonable efforts to obtain copyright holders' consent to publish the images represented on this site. The Wellcome Library would like to hear from any copyright owners who are not properly identified on this site so that we may make the necessary corrections. The Library will immediately remove any content at the copyright holders’ request.