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Category: Medical History

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 20183 Dec 2025
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 20183 Dec 2025
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 20183 Dec 2025
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 20183 Dec 2025
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…
Medical History

John Hunter and the Irish Giant

19 Jan 201824 Feb 2018
It's almost midnight, late by any standards. The weary owner passes a filthy rag over the bar-top and stuffs it back in his stained apron. There's only a few punters…
Medical History

Charged Loins and Shocking Parties

14 Jan 20183 Dec 2025
With summer just around the corner, it seems fitting to explore more of the electric and eclectic ways that fine folks, just like yourselves, would like to, as they say…
Medical History

Electric-Zombie Kittens

3 Jan 20183 Dec 2025
WARNING: This article contains vivid descriptions of gruesome scientific experiments on small, cute, fluffy kittens. Although Karl Weinhold's experiments strain credibility and may not have taken place, they still evoke revulsion…

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