Stories
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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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Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
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Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
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Cocaine, the Victorian wonder drug
Today, cocaine has a very poor public image as one of the causes of crime and violence. But for the Victorians it was welcomed as the saviour of modern surgery.
Catalogue
- Digital Images
- Online
The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street
J. Riddell- Digital Images
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Annie Eastland and her sisters.
- Digital Images
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Annie Eastland in the Amy Louise Cott,
London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company- Books
In the name of the child : health and welfare, 1880-1940 / edited by Roger Cooter.
Date: 1992- Archives and manuscripts
Society of Medical Officers of Health
Society of Medical Officers of HealthDate: 1856-1998Reference: SA/SMO