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The rise and fall of a medical mesmerist

Uncover the fascinating story of the doctor who popularised hypnotism as a medical technique, and could name Dickens among his famous friends.

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Finding consolation in social isolation

Feeling isolated and anxious during the lockdowns of the last year, Tanya Perdikou found solace in reconnecting to her past and reaching out to neighbours in the present.

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Disturbed minds and disruptive bodies

Prison officers tried to regulate women’s minds and bodies and maintain a new disciplinary routine in the second half of the 1800s.

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  • Sir George Anderson Crichett. Colour lithograph by L. Ward [Spy].
  • Disciples of Aesculapius / by Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson ; with a life of the author by his daughter, Mrs. George Martin.
  • Disciples of Aesculapius / by Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson ; with a life of the author by his daughter, Mrs. George Martin.
  • Men sitting at a table in a garden outside a tavern, smoking and drinking as a young woman joins in the conversation. Mezzotint by William Ward, 1802, after George Morland.
  • Hahnemann Hospital and Homœopathic Dispensaries, Liverpool: a ward, decorated with flags possibly for the coronation of King George V. Photograph.
  • Hahnemann Hospital and Homœopathic Dispensaries, Liverpool: a ward, decorated with flags possibly for the coronation of King George V. Photograph.
  • Hahnemann Hospital and Homœopathic Dispensaries, Liverpool: a women's ward, decorated with flags possibly for the coronation of King George V. Photograph.
  • Hahnemann Hospital and Homœopathic Dispensaries, Liverpool: a women's ward, decorated with flags possibly for the coronation of King George V. Photograph.
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam], St. George's Fields, Lambeth: the men's ward of the infirmary. Wood engraving by F. Vizetelly, 1860.
  • Hahnemann Hospital and Homœopathic Dispensaries, Liverpool: a children's ward, decorated with flags possibly for the coronation of King George V. Photograph.
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