Here they stand, brothers all,All the sons—divided they fall.Here awaits the birth of the son,The seventh, the heavenly, the chosen one.Here, the birth from an
Historians of medicine often talk about the ‘medical marketplace’ in the 18th and 19th centuries, as we have ourselves many times in our work. Generally,
of Altrincham Workhouse and the Sick Poor English Butcher, ca.1875 On 15 June 1887, James G. Hutchinson, the Coroner for Bradford in West Yorkshire, recorded
Breughel’s depiction of a much earlier ‘Dancing Plague’ in Strasbourg, 1518 William Falconer (1744-1824), physician at Bath General Hospital, recalled seeing what he described as
On November the 1st, 1888, an intriguing headline on page 11 of The Shrewsbury Chronicle read: LIKE THE VISIT OF A SECOND CHRIST It was
CONTENT WARNING: the following contains descriptions of historic abortion that some readers may find upsetting It is now two years since the United States Supreme
On 20 November 1902 a child was born at Wreyland, in Devon, suffering from a rupture (the term has several meanings but likely a hernia
Undated illustration from the Yale University Library Collection This is the second part of our guest blog from Julie Moore on the life and
This month we have a guest blog from Dr Julie Moore on the career of Isaac Chamberlain of Hertford. Look out for the second instalment
‘La grande chirurgie’, by Guy of Chauliac (ca. 1450) shows a physician setting a disclocated arm * For more on Bone Setters and their art,
The Water Doctor, by Edgar van Heemskirk, ca.1760-1770 (detail) To start our blogging journey into the world of 19th century folk medicine, we’re diving headlong