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How Candy Was Made in the 18th Century America
What was candy like in colonial America? Candy today is popular during the holidays. We have different kinds of candy that we use for different holidays. It’s a very seasonal th ...
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The 18th-Century Kitchen Trend Making a Major Comeback Has People Divided
That's exactly what the hottest kitchen design trend of the year does. With a "dirty kitchen," another room separate from ...
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A 1747 study found the treatment for scurvy. A man accused of ‘quackery’ may have inspired it
Things changed when Royal Navy surgeon James Lind set out to see what could be used to treat scurvy, the scourge of sailors for thousands of years. But a new analysis of an 18th century study by ...
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How an 18th century instrument maker may have inspired the first clinical trial of the modern age
Things changed when Royal Navy surgeon James Lind set out to see what could be used to treat scurvy, the scourge of sailors for thousands of years. But a new analysis of an 18th century study by ...
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18th century amputations: two case reports
Hospitalised children predate 19th-century specialist children’s hospitals. Before Lister and anaesthesia, surgery was generally of short duration. In the 18th century, paediatric surgery was ...
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18th-Century College Dining Hall Excavated in North Carolina
According to a report in The Daily Tar Heel, archaeologists Heather Lapham and Mary Elizabeth Fitts and their students are ...
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Illustrating Alchemy, 18th Century
Over time, artists began to depict them in paintings, such as The Medical Alchemist (see image), an archetypal 18th-century piece by Austrian artist Franz Christoph Janneck, in which an alchemist ...