By As we saw in the last post John Evelyn’s Kalendarium contains many references to health and sickness, both his own and his family members. His diary entries, written after the event from notes, show that he had a keen interest in medical science throughout his life. When he was first
Review: Mr Foote’s Other Leg
In January I went to see Mr Foote’s Other Leg, at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Directed by Richard Eyre and written by Ian Kelly, the play is billed as follows, In Georgian London no one is more famous than Samuel Foote. Satirist, impressionist and dangerous comedian, he has become a
Dog Danger
Over the summer, as some of you will have seen from my post about aphrodisiacs in manuscript recipe books, I spent some time in the record office in Stafford. I was there primarily to read Richard Wilkes’ diary, which contains a mix of local information, interesting stories and medical observations.