Mysteries of the Mind 2: Mesmerism Mania in Britain
When the British first encountered mesmerism, they were unimpressed Mesmerism spread to Britain in the 1780s. The establishment were sceptical. They saw mesmerism as unscientific, and worse,...
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Imagine spending Christmas inside Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum in the nineteenth century. What a horrible thought! A long way from the cosy Dickensian Christmas of the roaring fire, Christmas...
View ArticleWhat did the Victorians drink? A guide to boozing in the 1800s
One of the things I find most delightful about history is that, while the people of the past wore funny clothes and sometimes thought about the world in a startlingly different way, many things remain...
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