Stories
- Article
How slums make people sick
A newly gentrified corner of Bermondsey leaves little clue to its less salubrious history. But a few intrepid writers recorded the details of existence in one of London’s most squalid slums.
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The current that kills
In the 19th century, electricity held life in the balance, with the power to execute – or reanimate.
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Female masturbation and the perils of pleasure
Dr Kate Lister exposes the brutal 19th-century ‘cures’ for women who indulged in masturbation.
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Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Recipe Collections, 19th Century
Date: 19th centuryReference: MS.5854/57-104Part of: Recipe Collections, 19th Century- Archives and manuscripts
London: Miscellany, 19th and 20th centuries
Date: late 19th CenturyReference: MS.7294/1Part of: London: Miscellany, 19th and 20th centuries- Archives and manuscripts
Household Recipe Book, London, 19th Century
Date: 19th CenturyReference: MS.8560- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Recipe Collections, 19th Century
Date: 19th centuryReference: MS.5854- Archives and manuscripts
Recipe Collections, 19th Century
Date: c. 1800Reference: MS.5854/1-7Part of: Recipe Collections, 19th Century