Roger ‘two urinals’ Clerk
In 1868 the Corporation of London published a slim volume entitled Memorials of London and London Life in the Thirteenth, […]
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The black sheep
In the days before the NHS, when physicians charged patients for their services, there was an unspoken agreement that members
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Portrait of a quack
In 1804 The Medical and Physical Journal decided to name and shame some of London’s most notorious quacks. One of
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Medical qualifications: optional
Here’s a report of a criminal trial at the Old Bailey from a little over a century ago which truly made
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Do no harm – unless it’s a criminal
In 1875 the British Medical Journal had some fun digging around in the archives: BARBAROUS PUNISHMENT: A SURGEON’S OCCUPATION. –
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A 19th-century doctor’s guide to etiquette
In the nineteenth century the medical profession had something of an image problem. The archetype of the pompous or unscrupulous
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Busted! A medical plagiarist exposed
The index for Volume 5 of The Lancet, published in 1824, contains this intriguing entry: Indexes are not often used