Without and Within: Victorian Mourning and Treatment of the DeadMain MenuFleeing Death: Victorian Paranoia Concerning Public HealthFirst SectionDying Well and Loved: At the Moment of Death and MourningSecond SectionWearing and Burying Death: Fashion, Mourning, and Public Displays of DeathThird SectionUp and Down the Stair with Burke and Hare: Body-SnatchingFourth SectionWeird Science: Anatomical Use of the DeadFifth SectionWorks Cited/Full-Texts/Further ReadingsKyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
Examples and Satire Surrounding Quackery
12016-12-11T19:51:28-05:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4583gallery2016-12-11T20:00:07-05:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Fleeing Death: Victorian Paranoia Concerning Public HealthFirst SectionThough we have seen examples of quackery within printed magazines and articles, we have not explored the counter-reaction to quack-cures. In this slideshow we can see how quackery was connected to economic and political concerns, the absurdity of those that use cures whilst ignoring the effects they may produce, and finally an American example of quackery concerning the need to stabilize sexual urges and passions.
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12016-12-11T19:44:04-05:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Corn Plaster2A man wearing a 'german corn plaster', which has caused his leg to shrink. Coloured reproduction of an etching. Iconographic Collectionsplain2016-12-11T19:46:50-05:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-12-11T19:49:56-05:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Electric Belt from Sears1FOR NERVOUS DISEASES of all kinds in men and women, to reach the nerve centers for the cure of all nervous disorders the Heidelberg Electric Belt stands alone. For weakness in men and women, personal exhaustion bringing back lost strength and power, over brain work, vital , impotency, rheumatism, sciatica, lame back, railroad back, insomnia, melancholia, kidney disorder, Bright's disease, dyspepsia, disorders of the liver, female weakness, poor circulation, weak heart action and almost every known disease and weakness. The constant soothing alternating electric current is ever at worktouching the weak spots, building up the system, stimulating the circulation. ALL THAT ELECTRICITY WILL DO FOR YOU WILL BE RECEIVED through the use of our electric belt.plain2016-12-11T19:49:56-05:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-12-11T19:47:37-05:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Pill Man1A ridiculous figure comprising of medicine bottles and tablets dances behind a pensive Lloyd George; representing attitudes to the introduction of the National Insurance Act of 1911. Wood engraving by B. Partridge, 1912.plain2016-12-11T19:47:37-05:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
