Stories
- Article
The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
- Article
The current that kills
In the 19th century, electricity held life in the balance, with the power to execute – or reanimate.
- Article
Female masturbation and the perils of pleasure
Dr Kate Lister exposes the brutal 19th-century ‘cures’ for women who indulged in masturbation.
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Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
René Claude Geoffroy (1767-1831), physician
Date: 19th centuryReference: MS.7390/1Part of: Miscellany: French, 19th century- Archives and manuscripts
Norwich Free Hospital for Incurables: message of support for the proposed hospital
Date: Mid-19th centuryReference: MS.7326/8Part of: English Hospitals, 19th century- Archives and manuscripts
Bankart, James (1834-1902), surgeon and ophthalmologist
Bankart, James (1834-1902), MB Lond, FRCSDate: Mid 19th century - late 19th centuryReference: PP/JBA- Archives and manuscripts
Alderson, Sir James (1794-1882), physician
Alderson, James, Sir, 1794-1882.Date: 1875Reference: MS.8624/9Part of: Miscellany: English, 19th century- Archives and manuscripts
The Royal College of Physicians of London
The Royal College of Physicians of LondonDate: late 17th century - mid 19th centuryReference: MS.5648