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Mad Dogs and Englishmen: Homemade Remedies in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
Long before the NHS was founded, many households in 18th and 19th century Britain relied on home remedies to help them cope with various ailments. Healthcare was less accessible, especially for the poorer sectors of society and quack doctors would … Continue reading
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‘Take a field mouse, skin it, fry in butter and give to the child’: Folk Medicine in 1920s East Anglia
Dr Mark R Taylor was the first full-time regional medical officer for Norwich from the years 1920-1927. He was a doctor at the forefront of the increasing spread of professionalised medicine. However, he was also a doctor with a keen … Continue reading
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