As the Victorian era began in 1837, the world of medicine was still in a relatively dangerous state; hospitals were as likely to speed up your ailment as cure you, surgery was done without reliable ...

Doctors had access to X-ray equipment; on the other hand, if a surgeon dropped his scalpel on the floor, he picked up the instrument and continued to operate with it. Such is the paradoxical nature of ...

But, for authenticity, fake pharmacists should have doled out opium THE BBC gave TV viewers a history lesson last night with Victorian Pharmacy, another step back through time from the makers of ...

In her new book, “The Butchering Art,” historian Lindsey Fitzharris looks at the world of nineteenth-century surgery and how one man’s invention and perseverance changed the world of medicine. That ...

The positions in the table below reflect the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share.

To read The Butchering Art, you should have a stronger stomach than mine. The book makes no bones (pun unfortunately intended) about what you'll find inside — it's subtitled Joseph Lister's Quest to ...

FREMONT - Imagine a doctor using sharp, simple tools to drill a hole in your head and remove a piece of your skull. This medical technique, known as trepanning, continued to be an accepted practice ...

Books about Victorian medicine are an acquired taste. They’re science by way of B-horror movies, tales of progress set amid blood and spatter and gray guts. And Lindsey Fitzharris’ slim, atmospheric ...

We still have a Victorian view of those who choose a career in health and think just of being a doctor or a nurse as they're the people we see when we visit our GP or go into a hospital. But there is ...