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In this illustration for Punch magazine (1880), George du Maurier shows a customer passing a chair to an overworked shop assistant.

'Sanitation on the Shop': Health and Retail Work in Late Victorian Britain

In 1892, the Lancet launched an inquiry into the dangers of retail work.
28 Jun 2018
Christmas card from a Victorian periodical

Christmas and the Victorian Medical Press

The release of The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) – a film which tells the story of how Charles Dickens penned A Christmas Carol in 1843 – has reignited the popular myth that the Victorians ‘created’ the festive season.
19 Dec 2017
Photograph of Alison Moulds running her event

Death and Disease Behind the Counter

This term, the Diseases of Modern Life team showcased their research at two major public engagement events – our Victorian Speed Late at the Museum of the History of Science and Victorian Light Night with The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities.
30 Nov 2018
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Oh what a - Victorian Light - Night!

On Friday 16th November Woodstock Road was a hive of activity for "Victorian Light Night", part of both the national Being Human Festival and Oxford’s own Christmas Light Festival.
16 Nov 2018
Photograph of people reading at Contagion Cabaret

The Contagion Cabaret at the Science Museum (London)

Last night The Contagion Cabaret brought its infectious entertainment to audiences at the Science Museum’s ‘Superbugs’ Late.
30 Apr 2018
Photograph of Catherine Charlwood in Victorian Dress

Victorian Speed – Time Flies When You’re Having FUN!

2 Nov 2018

Events

24 Mar
Indian doctor taking the pulse of a patient, gouache

Call for Papers: Doctor-doctor: Global and historical perspectives on the doctor-patient relationship

The doctor-patient relationship is the primary way that we experience medicine: we go to the doctor when we are sick, think we may be sick, or are scared of becoming sick.
St. Anne's College
2 Jul
Indian doctor taking the pulse of a patient, gouache

Doctor, Doctor: Global and Historical Perspectives on the Doctor-Patient Relationship - One-day Symposium - Registration now open

We are pleased to announce that registration for the one-day symposium on global and historical perspectives on the doctor-patient relationship is now open.