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Bicycle Face – A Fictitious Disease of the 1800s. Learn more. https://t.co/6lsFaatmAr

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2019-01-12

'Whimsical effects of nitrous oxide gas' or
Come to the George Marshall Medical Museum to learn more about anaesthetics like the laughing gas that's making this man dance!
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2018-08-17

If you had the chance, would you choose a genius baby? The experiment has already been done. Great read, as usual, from the wellcomecollection with a perfect addition of historical images. https://t.co/a4WbozYDjn

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2018-05-29

In the atlas (Gravid Uterus) of William Hunter, in contrast to Smellie, the focus shifts to pathology and the problems associated with birth. The images tend to be far more graphic, as well.

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2018-03-01

Houston Astros MLB caricature by the great Jack Davis

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2017-11-02

texts cover every aspect of 19thC health, from alchemy through magnetism to zoology – well worth a browse

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2017-03-09

Black British population at least 15k by 1780's... fasc show

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2016-03-19

The Red King is reborn. For the weird but wonderful story, see

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2014-01-27