In honour of UK Census Day, here’s one way in which phrenology proved of great help in 1891:
Source: The Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, 11 April 1891
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The Benefits of Phrenology
Rocks that Shock: the Hillman Electric Resort
In 1880s Georgia, a Baptist minister accidentally discovered rocks that appeared to emit a therapeutic power of electricity. As their fame spread, the location became a popular resort for people in search of healing.
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A breath of maggoty air
No one likes to be the hapless person who wanders into the garage and finds a forgotten turkey carcase humming with maggots and surrounded in a fug of pungent effluvia. I suppose it would be a great story if this had been a defining moment of my teenage years, inspiring me to embark on a […]
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‘A new sensation’ – hair-brushing by machinery
Among the gems released into the public domain by the British Library last December is an advertisement for Batkin & Kent, Hairdressers and Perfumers of Stafford, (or Staffford – whoever proofread it probably hoped it would disappear with the next edition of the book rather than re-emerge on the internet 128 years later, but c’est […]
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