Stories
- Article
Doctors and the English seaside
Fashionable seaside towns in England owe much of their popularity to 18th-century doctors, who advised them to take the 'sea cure'.
- In pictures
The lost art of convalescence
The efficacy of antibiotics and the demands of work mean we rarely convalesce after an illness. But in the past it was an important part of the return to health.
- Article
What is air, and how do we know?
Watching bubbles in fermenting beer led 18th-century scientist Joseph Priestley to invent sparkling water – and to discover that different gases make up the air we breathe.
- Article
The Ladies of Llangollen
As we celebrate LGBT History Month, Sarah Bentley explores the relationship between the two 18th-century women known as the Ladies of Llangollen.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Stone, Thomas Madden (fl. 1838-1882), Librarian of Royal College of Surgeons of England and autograph collector
Stone, Thomas Madden, fl. 1838-1882Date: 18th century - 19th centuryReference: MS.7074- Archives and manuscripts
Groups of letters to other recipients
Date: 18th century - 19th centuryReference: MS.7074/6Part of: Stone, Thomas Madden (fl. 1838-1882), Librarian of Royal College of Surgeons of England and autograph collector- Archives and manuscripts
English recipe book, later 17th century
Date: late 17th century - late 18th centuryReference: MS.9179- Books
A history of disability in England : from the medieval period to the present day / Simon Jarrett.
Jarrett, SimonDate: 2023- Archives and manuscripts
English Miscellany, 18th Century
Date: 1703-1786Reference: MS.8405