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
12016-11-27T10:05:57-05:00Cures by Yeast3plain2016-11-27T16:53:34-05:00
Signed only by W.E.N, in 1844, this letter to the editors of The Mirror highlights the restorative powers of yeast and its ability to treat common ailments--offers personal experience and methodology as proof. Quackery, though now something that may make the modern reader laugh, can show us how pervasive the need for public health was to Victorian readers and citizens.