Stories
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Paris Morgue and a public spectacle of death
Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.
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Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
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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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The 200-year search for normal people
Sarah Chaney poses the question we’ve likely all asked at some point in our lives: 'Am I normal?’, and explores whether normality even exists.
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Some considerations humbly offer'd to the Honourable the House of Commons, by the tallow-chandlers in and about the cities of London and Westminster.
Company of Tallow-Chandlers (London, England)Date: 1695 - 1711]- Books
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Laws, orders, and regulations of the Middlesex Hospital, for sick and lame patients, lying-in married women, and persons afflicted with cancer.
Middlesex Hospital.Date: M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]- Books
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William Burrough, clerk. - - - - appellant. Sir Francis Whichcote Bart. and John Harding Esq; - - - - - - respondents. The case of the respondents.
Whichcote, Francis, Sir, Bart.Date: 1732]- Books
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Elizabeth Moodie, - - . - - appellant. John Stewart, of Burgh, - - - respondent. The respondent's case.
Stewart, John, of Burgh.Date: 1730]- Books
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Colonel Charles Straton in Old Montrose, - - - appellant. The magistrates and town council of Montrose - - - - - - - - - respondents. The appellant's case.
Straton, Charles.Date: 1744]