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How chloroform shaped the murder mystery

Find out how a sweet-smelling liquid anaesthetic captured the public’s imagination and changed pop culture for ever.

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Dark Matter responds to ‘Epidemic threats and racist legacies’

Animated-collage artist Dark Matter brings his unique combination of live footage and archive imagery to respond to a text suggesting that the field of epidemiology emerged in the 19th century imbued with the doctrine of Western imperialism.

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Uncovering experiences of dementia

Focusing on three 19th-century women’s case notes, Millie van der Byl Williams explores how our definition of dementia has changed.

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Coleridge’s hypochondria

An intense focus on his own bodily sensations led poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to self-medicate with narcotics. But this fascination also put Coleridge ahead of the medical sensibilities of his day.

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  • Queen Victoria. Photograph.
  • Queen Victoria. Photograph.
  • Queen Victoria Coin; Merllin's Food Limited
  • Queen Victoria surrounded by her family.
  • Prince Alfred, son of Queen Victoria.
  • Portrait of Queen Victoria, by Forestier, 1897
  • New Royal Infirmary: visit of Queen Victoria.
  • Queen Victoria visiting the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh.
  • HM Queen Victoria, Empress of India. Photograph.
  • Queen Victoria. Photograph by C. Clifford, 1861.
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