Stories
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London, city of lost hospitals
Come on the trail of hundreds of ghost hospitals, whose remnants hold clues to medical treatments of the past.
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Printing the body
The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.
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Foraging for a taste of the past
Follow tips from a professional forager to recreate delicious 18th-century recipes from plants growing wild in parks and on urban wasteland.
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The chymist’s trade card
An 18th-century trade card reveals far more than its owner may have intended.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
English recipe book, early 18th century
Date: Early 18th centuryReference: MS.8910- Archives and manuscripts
Holland, early 18th century
Date: Early 18th centuryReference: MS.7820- Archives and manuscripts
Receipt-Book, Italian: 18th century
Date: Early 18th centuryReference: MS.4106- Archives and manuscripts
Receipt-Book, German: 18th century
Date: Early 18th centuryReference: MS.4096- Archives and manuscripts
English Recipe book, early 18th century
Date: early18th centuryReference: MS.8659