Medical History The Electric Kiss 27 Dec 201726 Jan 2018 Onyxfeld, Late Winter 1872 In a room bathed in amber light, finely dressed house guests sit or stand, rapt with anticipation. An attractive young lady sits primly on a chair…
Medical History Electrifying Medicine Pt. 4 – Memory Loss 18 Dec 20173 Dec 2025 Onxyfeld, Late Winter 1872 (Want to catch up on this series? Find Electrifying Medicine part 1 here, part 2 here and part 3 here) In our last article we witnessed first-hand…
Medical History Electrifying Medicine Pt. 3 – Reanimation 17 Dec 20173 Dec 2025 (In our last installment, we studied galvanism and the practice of electrocuting tiny adorable frogs. This week we're electrocuting dead people. Enjoy!) The date is the 18th of January, 1803.…
Medical History Electrifying Medicine Pt. 2 – Italian Frog Legs 16 Dec 20173 Dec 2025 Onxyfeld, Late Winter 1872 Welcome to the Enlightenment! The era in which we learned the mass of the earth, invented the steam engine, really invested ourselves in colonialism, and most…
Medical History Electrifying Medicine Pt. 1 – Stingrays and Storms 11 Dec 20173 Dec 2025 Onxyfeld, Late Winter 1872 Many of you are familiar with the lamentably popular 1818 piece of pulp named Frankenstein. Unknown to most, what it actually chronicles is how at the turn of…
Medical History… Dr. Pembroke’s Remedies – Blowing Vapours 9 Dec 201716 Oct 2018 Join Dr. J.D. Pembroke as he studies the many curious, ridiculous and sometimes downright confusing medical methods by which mankind has sought to heal itself with over the years. It’s…
Medical History The Resurrection Men, Pt 4 – Execution 1 Dec 20173 Dec 2025 Up the close and doun the stair, But and ben wi' Burke and Hare. Burke's the butcher, Hare's the thief, Knox the boy that buys the beef. —19th-century Edinburgh skipping…
Medical History The Resurrection Men, Pt 3 – Punishment 1 Dec 20173 Dec 2025 ‘These men perform miracles, for they “raise the dead”, they are slave dealers, for they sell men ; they are amusing, for they furnish subjects for conversation; scientific, for they…
Medical History The Resurrection Men, Pt 2 – Protection 29 Nov 20173 Dec 2025 Last week we began a brief study into the trade and industry of the infamous "body-snatchers," those supposedly immoral and low collection of misfits who bravely and nobly provided the…
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