Stories
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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'.
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Interpreting the Ayurvedic Man
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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.
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The poetic language of health
When his doctors could only offer phone consultations, James Morland turned to poetry to make sense of the medical terms describing his symptoms and test results.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
English Recipe Book, 17th century - 18th century
Date: 17th century - 18th centuryReference: MS.8097- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
English Recipe Book, 18th century
Date: Mid 18th century - late 18th centuryReference: MS.7747- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
English Recipe Book, 17th century - early 18th century
Date: 17th century - early 18th centuryReference: MS.7818- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
English Recipe Book, later 17th - early 18th century
Date: Late 17th century - 18th centuryReference: MS.7822- Archives and manuscripts
English medical notebook, early 18th century
Samuel Glass (1715-1773), surgeon apothecaryDate: early 18th centuryReference: MS.8768Part of: Samuel Glass (1715-1773), surgeon apothecary