Medical History… Dr. Pembroke’s Remedies – Cocaine Wine! 28 Oct 201828 Oct 2018 Editorial note: In a warm, mahogany paneled drawing room, adorned with filled bookshelves, gorgeous chandeliers and lofty ceilings, Dr. James D. Pembroke sits in an armchair, leaning slightly to one side. To…
Performances Momento Mori Fundraiser at the International Museum of Surgical Science 26th October 2018 24 Oct 201824 Oct 2018 On 26th October 2018, Chicago’s most canny – and uncanny – physicians return to the International Museum of Surgical Science for its first ever Halloween Gala! Tickets sell out quickly so…
Medical History… Dr. Pembroke’s Remedies – Electric Corsets! 16 Oct 201816 Oct 2018 The most enduring folly of civilization is the persistent focus on personal aesthetics; sleek, flowing hair, accentuated toned muscles, minuscule waists, youthful and blemish-free skin. Like the beauty equivalent of a…
Performances Live Surgical Theater at the International Museum of Surgical Science May 3rd, May 10th 2018 27 Apr 201824 Oct 2018
Medical History Dirty Jobs of the Victorian Era – Angora and Anthrax 23 Apr 2018 Taken from Pembroke’s Articles of Occupational Concerns, 1881 In the last few entries, we’ve been carving a merry little path through the history of occupational hazards; diseases, ailments, gross misconduct…
Medical History Dirty Jobs of the Victorian Era – Matchmaking 8 Apr 201812 Apr 2018 And will the match trade die? And will the match trade die? Then thirty thousand working girls Will know the reason why. Daily News (25 April 1871) The humble match, a…
Medical History Dirty Jobs of the Victorian Era – Chimneys and Testicles 25 Mar 201823 Apr 2018 Taken from Pembroke’s Articles of Occupational Concerns, 1881 In the last article we examined the life of the lowly chimney sweep – the ever suffering but integral member of the Victorian…
Medical History Dirty Jobs of the Victorian Era – Chimney Sweeps Pt. 1 18 Mar 201823 Apr 2018 Taken from Pembroke’s Articles of Occupational Concerns, 1881 The limits of human endurance are never more emphatically tested than during the labor of an honest days work. The industrial revolution…
Medical History Dirty Jobs of the Victorian Era – Syphilis and Hats 24 Feb 201823 Apr 2018 Taken from Pembroke’s Articles of Occupational Concerns, 1881 Do you own a hat? Of course you do. Every self-respecting person does. I’ve seen many of you enter my clinic touting…
