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…
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…
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…
Medical History… Dr. Pembroke’s Remedies – Intestines and Puppies 9 Feb 201828 Oct 2018 Welcome to another edition of Dr. Pembroke's Remedies. I suppose that this week's edition might leave you with what could be considered the epitome of mixed feelings, ranging from extremes of…
Medical History Stethoscopes and Breasts 26 Jan 201824 Feb 2018 Our society is utterly fascinated by breasts. The reasons for which are beyond me, but these strange fleshy and bulbous protuberances quite possess our public conscience and hind-brains like no…
