Stories
- Article
The poor child’s nurse
Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.
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Making sunstroke insanity
Medical historian Dr Kristin Hussey takes a closer look at sunstroke and mental illness, and how, in the late 19th century, they connected at the crossroads of colonial science and the idea of whiteness.
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Bleeding healthy
For thousands of years, and in many different cultures, people have practised bloodletting for health and medical reasons. Julia Nurse explains where and when bleeding was used, how it was done, and why.
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The castration effect
Discover how testosterone – or the lack of it – affects the male body, from eunuch slaves to castrato singers, and on to hormone reduction in modern prostate cancer treatment.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Pioneer Health Centre Peckham, with papers of George Scott Williamson MD (1884-1953) and Innes Hope Pearse (1889-1978)
Pioneer Health Centre PeckhamDate: 1910-2005Reference: SA/PHC- Books
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The experienc'd farrier, or farring compleated. Containing every thing that belongs to a compleat horseman, groom, farrier or horseleach With The Office of the Breeder, Keeper, Rider, Feeder, Buyer and Farrier: Shewing the Marks of Beauty, Goodness, Faults and Imperfections of Horses; with the best Method of Buying, Dieting, Shooing, and otherwise Managing of Horses for all Uses. Also, Plain Directions in the Knowledge of all Distempers and Accidents incident to Horses, &c. With the best Receipts and Methods used in their Cure, never published before. In two parts, physical and chyrurgical. By E.R. Gent.
E. R., Gent.Date: M.DCC.XX. [1720]- Books
A new compendious treatise of farriery. Wherein are set forth in a plain, familiar, and natural manner the disorders incident to horses, and their respective cures: together with some interesting observations on bleeding, purging, exercise, &c / By John Wood.
Wood, John, groom to the King of Sardinia.Date: 1757- Books
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Markham's master-piece: containing all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leach, touching the curing all diseases in horses. Drawn with great Pains from Approved Experience, and the Publick Practice of the best Horse-Marshals in Christendom. Divided into two books. The I. Containing Cures Physical: The II. All Cures Chirurgical. Together with The Nature, Use, and Quality of every Simple mentioned through the whole Work. Now the sixteenth time printed, corrected, and augmented, with above thirty new chapters, and Forty New Medicines heretofore never Publish'd. To which is Added, The Exactest Receipts for Curing all Diseases in Oxen, Cows, Sheep, Hogs, Goats, Dogs, and all smaller Cattle. Also The compleat jockey; containing methods for the training horses up for racing, with their Heats and Courses, and Manner of Keeping, &c. Also, Instructions to avoid being Cheated by Horse-Coursers. To which is Added, in this Sixteenth Impression, Directions to preserve all sorts of Cattle, from all manner of Diseases, and to feed Cattle Fat, without Corn, Hay, or Grass. Also the true Way to improve St. Foin. With divers other Things never before made Publick.
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.Date: 1703- Books
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Markhams maister-peece· Or, VVhat doth a horse-man lacke : Containing all possible knowledge whatsoeuer which doth belong to any smith, farrier or horse-leech, touching the curing of all maner of diseases or sorrances in horses; drawne with great paine and most approued experience from the publique practise of all the forraine horse-marshals of Christendome, and from the priuate practise of all the best farriers of this kingdome. Being deuided into two bookes. The first containing all cures physicall. The second whatsoeuer belongeth to chirurgerie, with an addition of 130 most principall chapters, and 340 most excellent medicines, receits and secrets worthy euery mans knowledge, neuer written of, nor mentioned in any author before whatsoeuer. Together with the true nature, vse, and qualitie of euerie simple spoken of through the whole worke. Written by Geruase Markham Gentleman.
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637Date: 1610