Kate | January 10, 2010
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You’re probably familiar with scenes in historical dramas in which a character becomes ill and is then ‘bled’ by a physician. You’ve also probably wondered quite what that was supposed to achieve; nowadays, the idea of inflicting a further injury on an already sick person seems a bit bizarre. However, a few centuries [...]
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Tags: Humours, Medicine
Kate | September 27, 2009
I had a theme in mind for this first post, but due to a series of irritating technical problems, setting up the blog took rather longer than I expected. So, I decided to focus on women for whom technology was also an interest, and highlight some interesting 19th century scientists.
Caroline Herschel, an eminent astronomer at [...]
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Tags: Ada Byron, astronomy, Caroline Herschel, Charles Babbage, computers, Dr Elizabeth Garret Anderson, Lord Byron, Medicine
