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Tragedy in Victorian Wessex
The brutal murder of a doctor shook a Dorset community in 1862.
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Caroline Rance
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An extraordinary worm
A Glasgow surgeon related the case of a gruesome parasite in 1734.
Jul 19
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Caroline Rance
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The human x-ray scientists
The Grant brothers of Maidstone claimed they could see into people's lungs.
Jul 12
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Caroline Rance
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From myth to misery: the tragic story of the Pig-Faced Lady
Far-fetched tales that began as entertainment ended in the exploitation of humans and animals.
Jul 5
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Caroline Rance
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June 2024
A vortex of suspicion: the 1927 Channel swimming hoax
Dr Dorothy Logan got into 'an awful mess' when she falsely claimed to have swum the English Channel.
Jun 28
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Caroline Rance
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Walking quietly with a can of snakes
The adventures of a Missouri eccentric in the early 20th century.
Jun 21
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Caroline Rance
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Chemical warfare against the common cold
Could the substances used to kill enemy troops have a healthier application in peacetime? Unfortunately not.
Jun 14
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Caroline Rance
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A grave scandal: the sale of corpses in 1857
A quarter of a century after the Anatomy Act, dodgy characters were still making money from the illicit sale of the deceased poor.
Jun 7
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Caroline Rance
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May 2024
Profiting by deceit: a treatment for alcoholism in Edwardian London
Businessman Arthur Lewis Pointing introduced 'Antidipso', a product that gave false hope to the families of alcoholics.
May 31
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Caroline Rance
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'I am the dead body'
A former medical student made an audacious attempt to get his own death certificate in 1901.
May 24
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Caroline Rance
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A caesarean section in 18th-century Ireland
Irish midwife Mary Donally saved a woman's life by performing a c-section in 1738.
May 17
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Caroline Rance
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Arsenic and old faces
Arsenic was reputed to give a youthful, wrinkle-free complexion, so 1890s entrepreneurs started advertising arsenic pills and soaps.
May 10
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Caroline Rance
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