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This ad appeared in the October 1817 issue of La Belle Assemblee. I wasn’t able to find much more about P. Burgess and his penetrating Continue
This ad appeared in the October 1817 issue of La Belle Assemblee. I wasn’t able to find much more about P. Burgess and his penetrating Continue
Kirby’s Wonderful and Eccentric Museum; Or, Magazine of Remarkable Characters. (1820) Mademoiselle Lefort, intersexed, was part of Mr. Kirby’s exhibition of extraordinary people. Lefort was Continue
I caught a couple episodes the other night of The Foods That Built America and was hooked. So it got me wondering about household food Continue
A Short Account of Fumigating, Hot Air, and Vapour Baths (1837) Originating from the Roman bath or a Turkish bath, the vapour bath was essentially Continue