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'Eager to be up and doing': the highs and lows of coca wine
Victorian nervine drinks contained a potent combination of alcohol and cocaine.
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Caroline Rance
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November 2024
Josephine Girardelli, the incombustible lady
'The celebrated fire-proof female' entertained Regency audiences with feats of heat resistance
Nov 29
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Caroline Rance
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Mr Grimstone's Egyptian mummy pea
A maker of herbal snuff branched out into resurrecting an ancient plant
Nov 22
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Caroline Rance
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Rascality in Hot Springs
Quack doctors in a 19th-century spa resort used the devious tactic of 'drumming' to lure in customers
Nov 15
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Caroline Rance
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Turning heads: the Victorian fashion for mechanical hair-brushing
Hair-brushing by machinery became all the rage in 1860s Britain
Nov 8
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Caroline Rance
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Physicians and phantoms
Five medical-themed macabre stories from the 19th century
Nov 1
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Caroline Rance
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October 2024
An arrow to the skull
The ancient practice of trepanation helped a little girl in 18th-century Edinburgh
Oct 25
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Caroline Rance
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The maggotorium cure for tuberculosis
A keen angler stumbled upon a malodorous treatment for consumption in the early 20th century.
Oct 18
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Caroline Rance
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From slave to surgeon: the heroic journey of Robert M Johnson
Robert Maxwell Johnson escaped enslavement and travelled to Scotland to become a doctor.
Oct 11
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Caroline Rance
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'This comedy of knave and dupe'
A quack doctor in 1870s Hull told some incredible tales about his Indian Remedy.
Oct 4
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Caroline Rance
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September 2024
‘So worthy of the public notice’: the art of Sarah Biffin
19th-century artist Sarah Biffin, who was born without arms or hands, painted exquisite miniature portraits
Sep 27
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Caroline Rance
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New blood for the scalp
In the first decade of the 20th century, vacuum caps raised the hope of raising hair on bald heads.
Sep 20
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Caroline Rance
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