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Rush's Tranquiliser Chair was used to remove sensory perception.

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2018-11-22

A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over" – "Let Us Prey." The Tweed Ring depicted by Thomas Nast in a wood engraving published in Harper's Weekly, 1871.

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2018-11-19

Costermongers – the Street Sellers of London: One of the most prolific jobs in London in the 1800s was the costermongers — people who sold fruits, vegetables, and meats... https://t.co/Ff8fJuVZJ0

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2018-11-14

Born 1774 in Scottish surgeon, artist and neurologist Charles Bell. In the early 19thc he produced the most influential anatomy books in Britain, you can read our digitised Bell texts online now: https://t.co/RuXeIE2OE6

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2018-11-12

Montréal in the 19th century. It was about to embark on a new chapter in its history that would transform it into the largest industrial centre in the new nation of Canada.

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2018-11-12

Some handy tips in this 19thc text for on ‘rendering gunpowder non-explosive’. In keeping with the gruesome theme, it recommends mixing the powder with crushed bones https://t.co/MJm6MXeqdV

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2018-11-06

Here is a late 1810 Parisian of the that was worn during late Regency period. They had high, small crowns and brims that grew larger until the 1830s, when a woman's entire face ould only be seen directly from the front.

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2018-10-25

Compression of arteries in the arm and leg to reduce blood loss during surgery.

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2018-10-14

"Les Oceanides Les Naiades de la mer", 1860s by Gustave Doré (1832 1883).

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2018-09-16

19thc representations of secondary syphilis in 'Constitutional Syphilis...' (1872) by James George Beaney, FRCSEd. The colour plates were intended by Beaney to act as "pictorial illustrations of the ravages syphilis makes on the skin"

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2018-08-23

RT : Having missed his chance to escape to the United States, learned July 31, 1815 that the Brits were going to exile him to https://t.co/HQKrqfFkRH

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2018-08-03

Théroigne de Méricourt and Charlotte Vanhove: The Political Activist and the Actress https://t.co/OfOJq2vQ4l

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2018-05-15