The theme of British Museum's Room 24 is Living and Dying and when I visited Brisith Museum 'Cradle to Grave by Pharmacopoeia' was attracting people's attention.
a 13m long 0.4m wide fabric incoperates over 14,000 drugs. According to the description of the piece, It is the estimated average prescribed to every person in Britain in their lifetime.
Cradle to Grave by Pharmacopoeia explores the approach to health in Britian today.
It contains a lifetime supply of prescribed drugs knitted into two lengths of fabric, and illustrates the medical stories of one woman and one man.
Through this object, Susie Freeman, Dr Liz Lee and David Critchley wanted to say that maintaining a sense of well-being is more complex than just treating episodes of illness.
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