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There are no Z-rays
The Zerret Applicator promised powerful healing rays from another world.
Jun 30
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Caroline Rance
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The pin is mightier than the sword
Early 20th-century street harassers met their match in the humble hat pin
Jun 9
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Caroline Rance
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'You cannot prevent me from becoming a dentist!'
Lilian Lindsay (1871-1960) overcame opposition to qualify as the UK's first female Licenciate in Dental Surgery
May 9
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Caroline Rance
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The tooth, the whole tooth … and the jawbone too
Dec 13, 2024
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Caroline Rance
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The melancholy delusion of the Stewart sisters
Jan 24
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Caroline Rance
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The human x-ray scientists
Jul 12, 2024
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Caroline Rance
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Caught short on a long trip
Apr 17
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Caroline Rance
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A thorn in the flesh
Feb 21
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Caroline Rance
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Josephine Girardelli, the incombustible lady
Nov 29, 2024
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Caroline Rance
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Caught short on a long trip
Discreet india-rubber receptacles helped Victorian rail passengers survive their journey
Apr 17
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Caroline Rance
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Filling in the stories of women dentists
When the first UK Dentists Register was published in 1879, it didn't exclude women.
Mar 25
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Caroline Rance
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'An innocent Welshman, and not an American'
A practitioner in 1860s Wales tried to convince patients that their troubles were down to witchcraft.
Feb 28
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Caroline Rance
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A thorn in the flesh
A Victorian doctor's own mysterious symptoms puzzled his eminent friends
Feb 21
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Caroline Rance
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Tin tube trickery: a clairvoyant’s love scam
‘Professor Clyde Dupree’ used a fortune-telling trick to rob people looking for love.
Feb 14
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Caroline Rance
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A matter of knife and death
Between 1799 and 1805, sailor John Cummings swallowed dozens of pocket-knives.
Feb 7
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Caroline Rance
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Becoming like the dainty girl
In Edwardian London, a new weight-loss product used marketing messages that remain familiar today.
Jan 31
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Caroline Rance
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