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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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The poor child’s nurse
Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.
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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.
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The 'squire of St. James's.
Date: [1736 - 1763]- Books
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The guardian of health, long life, and happiness! Or, Dr. Graham's general directions as to regimen, &c. for the preservation of health, for the happy prolongation of life, and for the radical and lasting cure of all nervous, scorbutic, scrophulous, bilious, gouty, rheumatic, and of all other diseases; - affectionately addressed to every reasonable and candid man who wishes to be healthy, respectable, and truly happy.
Graham, James, 1745-1794.Date: 1783]- Books
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The works of Aristotle, the famous philosopher. In four parts. Containing I. His complete master-piece; displaying the secrets of Nature in the Generation of Man. - To which is added, The Family Physician; being approved remedies for the several distempers incident to the human body. II. His experienced midwife; absolutely necessary for Surgeons, Midwives, Nurses, and Child-Bearing Women. III. His book of problems; containing various Questions and answers, relative to the state of Man's body. IV. His last legacy, unfolding the Secrets of Nature respecting the Generation of Man.
Salmon, William, 1644-1713.Date: Printed in the Year M,DCC,XCI. [1791]- Books
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Every patient his own doctor; or, The sick man's triumph over death and the grave. Containing, the most approved methods of curing every disease incident to the human body, internal or external; whether owing to Defects of Nature, occasioned by Intemperance, contracted by Accident, or caused by Decay. With The Best Remedies Prescribed by the Authority of the most eminent Physicians for removing each Disorder, restoring Health, preserving it when restored; and extending Life to an honourable Old Age. Including An excellent Collection of the most eminent Receipts for making and preparing A great Number of cheap, easy, and efficacious Medicines. Among these are That Admirable New Discovery, by which the Scurvy, the Grand English Disorder, is effectually cured: And for the successful Practice of which, Captain Cook received the Premium Medal from the Royal Society, for having preserved himself and all his Men from this dreadful Distemper, during the Space of Three Years and Eighteen Days, although he passed through all the Varieties of Climate, and Seasons in his late Voyage round the World, performed. By the Command of His Majesty. Also The Method used by the Humane Society for the Recovery of Persons apparently drowned or suffocated. - A certain cure for the Bite of a Mad Dog, Viper, Adder, &c. - -An infallible Remedy against the Goal Distemper, Plague, or any other pestilential Disorder, &c &c. By Lewis Robinson, M.D.
Robinson, Lewis, M.D.Date: [1785?]- Books
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The garland of trials.
Date: [1736 - 1763]