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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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The making of ‘Quacks’
How do you create a medical comedy that’s authentic and laugh-out-loud funny?
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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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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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The History of associations, from their first original to this time, chronologically digested and collected from all English historians, who make any mention of them.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. Jonge Juffrouw Anna, Ids Baarends Kuyk, master. James Verco, commander of the private ship or vessel of war the fox, the pretended sole captor of the said ship and goods, - - - - - - - appellant. Against Richard Pentreath, master of the ship or vessel the success, claiming joint captor of the said ship and goods, - - - - - - - - respondent. And against George Gostling, His Majesty's procurator general in his office of admiralty, for the interest of His Majesty in his said office of admiralty, - - - intervener. Case on behalf of His Majesty in his office of Admiralty.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. De Maria Antoinette, Kors Neurenberg, master. Louis Joseph Ricour, a natural born subject of the emperor of Germany, the claimant of the said ship, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, and of all and singualr the cargo laden therein, the same consisting of slaves, - - - appellant. Against William Pinkerton, commander of the private ship of war the Tartar, the captor, - - - respondent. Case on behalf of the respondent.
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Before the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. Appeal from the High Court of Admiralty. St. Eustatius and its dependencies, John Ingram of Billiter-Square, London, merchant, the claimant of fifty-seven hogsheads of sugar and forty-two pieces of canvas, as the property of John Campbell the elder, and Company of Glasgow, in North Britain, merchants, - - - - - - - appellant. Against the Right Honourable George Lord Rodney, and Major General John Vaughan, the commanders in chief, and the rest of the commanders, officers, mariners, marines, and soldiers, captors of the island of Saint Eustatius, and its dependencies, - - - - - - - - respondents, the appellant's case.
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Valentine Quin, Esq; and Mary his wife; Pryce Hartstongue, Esq; and Alice his wife; and Mary Widenham - - - - - - - - - appellants. John Johnston, administrator of Deborah Cox, - - - respondent. The respondent's case.
Johnston, John, active 1739.Date: 1739]