Stories
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Bloodletting at the barber-surgeon’s
Scratchy throat? Burning fever? Broken heart? It all comes down to the same issue: too much blood.
- Article
Witches
Many of the women persecuted as witches in the 16th-century “witch craze” were over 50 and exhibited signs of menopause. Helen Foster suggests that the stigma of the wicked witch still affects older women and how they deal with menopause.
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The original drama of operating theatres
Medicine as ‘theatre’ began in the 16th century, when paying audiences enjoyed candlelight, live music – and a cadaver being dissected in front of them, all the in name of education.
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The aphrodisiac apothecary
Not in the mood? Come and visit our traditional drug store for natural tonics rumoured to increase sexual desire.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Italian Sermons, 16th Century
Date: 16th centuryReference: MS.5261- Archives and manuscripts
English Medical Notebook, 16th-Century
Date: Late 16th centuryReference: MS.6228- Archives and manuscripts
Three undated sermons
Date: 16th centuryReference: MS.5261/2Part of: Italian Sermons, 16th Century- Archives and manuscripts
41 sermons preached between Ash Wednesday and the Tuesday following Easter Sunday
Date: 16th centuryReference: MS.5261/1Part of: Italian Sermons, 16th Century
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Bloodletting, 16th Century