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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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Building a dream in the garden suburbs

In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.

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Epidemic threats and racist legacies

Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.

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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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  • Buxton, Derbyshire: the Crescent. Lithograph by G. Rowe.
  • The German spa, Brighton: pump room and surrounding grounds. Aquatint by M.U. Sears after himself.
  • Street scene showing the baths and pump room, Bath. Line engraving, 1841.
  • Bagnigge Wells: the gardens, with people taking tea, playing bowls, etc. Coloured process print after a drawing made in 1830.
  • Panoramic view of Buxton with a key to the sights. Line engraving by Newman & Co.
  • The bath house, Tunbridge Wells. Etching by Letitia Byrne, 1809, after P. Amsinck.
  • The Dripping Well, Hastings, Sussex. Line engraving, 1856.
  • The Queen's levée and society figures drinking the waters in the pump room with a key to important society figures, Bath. Line engraving by W.J. Alais, 1817, after Mr. Marsh.
  • A busy street scene with the baths and pump room, Bath. Lithograph by W. Gauci after A. Woodroffe.
  • The promenade leading to the Observatory, Baths, and Library, Clifton, Bristol. Steel engraving by W. Wallis after himself, 1836.
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