Category: medicine
Bonesetter – a family occupation
Bonesetter: a person, usually not formally qualified, who set broken or dislocated bones. The above gravestone, at Beacon Edge Cemetery, Penrith, caught my eye. It is rare to see an occupation mention... Read More
Kill or cure: Georgian medicine
Georgian medicine: introduction The best way to live a long and healthy life is stay away from doctors and never take medicine. Such was the philosophy of a relative of mine who made it to 94, before ... Read More
Quack medicines and ‘miracle cures’
A further look at the discomforting world of Victorian ‘cures’ for illness In July 1863, a former Carlisle weaver named Thomas Hetherington was fined £5 by magistrates in Hartlepool for selling q... Read More