Electrical anaesthesia
News of an exciting new anaesthetic reaches the Medical Times and Gazette in 1865: In a short article in the Lombardy Gazetta Medico, March […]
Bewildering research
Unusual treatments
Lively and clean on the palate
In 1865 the Medical Times and Gazette published a series of articles entitled ‘Report on cheap wine’. There was some
Unusual treatments
Medicated chocolate? No thanks
This from the Medical Times and Gazette, published in 1869: From an interesting article on cacao and chocolate, by M. Marchand,
Prodigies and monsters
The child with Bonaparte in his eyes
At least twice a year one or other of the newspapers prints a story about one of those mysterious apparitions
Dodgy predictions
An exercise in futility
This blog usually deals with medical matters; but I couldn’t resist reproducing this article from the first number of the
Unusual treatments
Sand, to be taken twice daily
The Annals of Medicine for 1799 contains a letter from a Dr Guthrie, an Scottish physician then working in St
Hidden dangers
The perils of toast
A cautionary tale from the Medical Facts and Observations, published in 1795: On Tuesday, the 25th of March last, a
Bewildering research, Medical shenanigans
Hard to stomach
In 1823 The Lancet’s regular summary of goings-on at the London hospitals contained this interesting report of an early public
Unusual treatments
Heal thyself
A curious book of remedies was published in London in 1700, entitled Dr. Lower’s, and several other Eminent Physicians, Receipts,
Mysterious illnesses
Death by cold water
It used to be thought dangerous to give a hot horse cold water; when I first heard this canard as