Medical History Buried Alive – Three Times! 3 Mar 2020 Onyxfeld, Early winter - 1878 The cloying dark The choking dirt The air too thin to breathe. When buried deep Below the soil There'll be no swift relief... -Dr Pembroke There…
Medical History Leeches and Lightning – The Tempest Prognosticator 11 Feb 2020 One of the most peculiar and fascinating devices of the nineteenth century was to be found at the Great Exhibition of Nations in Crystal Garden in 1851, a device that…
Medical History The Tyburn Tree Gallows, Part 2 7 Feb 20207 Feb 2020 Hanging day was a riotous affair in the eighteenth century – convicted criminals and notorious ne'er do wells were held accountable for their vicious and heinous crimes (such as stealing…
Medical History The Tyburn Tree Gallows, Part 1 3 Feb 20207 Feb 2020 The year is 1756, it’s a lovely warm autumn day… and it’s almost time for the hanging. In the center of the square, a giant mass of people cluster around…
Medical History Anatomy Night School 3 Feb 2020 During the intellectually ravenous period of the mid to late 1700's, the study of medicine was flourishing and blooming like some strange, bloody, sticky anatomical flower, as doctors engaged themselves…
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…
