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Eighteenth and Nineteenth-century Bonesetters’ Tales - Eighteenth and nineteenth-century were like today’s chiropractors, osteopaths, and physical therapists rolled into one. They practiced ... https://t.co/CsoRAkDxvE

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2021-01-29

Typhus in the Day of (1775-1817) - Typhus is an infectious disease caused by rickettsiae that can be transmitted by lice, ticks, mites, or rat fleas and is caused by certain types ... https://t.co/0AUPUiMSr7

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2020-05-06

Masks in the 1800s for Safety and Health - Just like we are wearing masks today to prevent the spread of covid-19, in the 1800s people wore masks but they did not necessarily wear them to protect ... https://t.co/pDQilWOFAL

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2020-04-29

Died 17Apr1794 the pioneering French midwife, Angélique du Coudray. Born in 1712, the same year as the King of Prussia (Frederick II, known as Frederick the Great) and the Enlightenment ... https://t.co/kYW0PXzXRy

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2020-04-17

26Mar1832 Cholera takes its first victim in France. Learn More about this disease and its victims at https://t.co/hbbPo3hLVv

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2020-03-26

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

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

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2017-03-09