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Maladies and Medicine

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What you’ll do

Come and join author Caroline Rance for a discussion about the dubious world of Victorian quack cures. Drawing on Wellcome Collection material, Caroline will be telling the stories behind the adverts that peddled powders, pills and potions that purported to cure every ill.

There will be a chance to ask questions.

Dates

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Need to know

Location

We’ll be in the Viewing Room. It’s next to the Library entrance on level 2, which you can reach by taking the lift or the stairs.

Place not guaranteed

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About your speaker

Caroline Rance

Caroline Rance is the author of ‘Kill Grief’ (2009), ‘The Quack Doctor: Historical Remedies for All Your Ills’ (2013), and ‘The History of Medicine in 100 Facts’ (2015). She is the creator of the website The Quack Doctor.