It’s hooked, loosely, around her 2014 discovery of the ideas of the polymath and society doctor George Cheyne; ironically, given he was “the most obese man in 18th-century England”, he’s ...

The glass vessel — dirty, but intact — was sealed with a cork and filled with a mysterious liquid. But before the workers ...

There were many suitable areas along the south coast of England and west Wales, including small coves and river estuaries. The main items smuggled in the 18th century were tea, wine, spirits and lace.

The design for a medical study in 1743 that was never carried out may have inspired James Lind’s groundbreaking clinical ...

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents "Picturing Nature," featuring 70 British landscape watercolors and drawings from ...

Medicine in Britain overview - Edexcel Medicine in medieval England, c.1250-c.1500 - Edexcel The medical Renaissance in England, c.1500-c.1700 - Edexcel Medicine in modern Britain, c.1900-present ...

The Gothic Revival was a conscious movement that began in England to revive medieval Gothic forms, from the second half of the 18th century and throughout the 19th century. The 18th century examples ...