Laudanum and Neuralgia
During the Victorian period cures for diseases were often more dangerous than the illness itself.
Laudanum is a notable example of the Victorian cure. Pharmacies could prescribe the dangerous drug ...
Magneto Electric Machine
The Magneto Electric Machine was an early electro-therapeutic device. It was to used to treat 'nervous disorders'. A patient would place their fingers in the metal tubes and an electric current was generated ...
Miniature of Dr Blest Hadderton, Mayor of Newcastle, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Blest Hadderton began his practice as a doctor in the 1700s on the High Street and continued for 30 years. Not much is known about this time of his life but it is highly probable that the title of 'Dr' ...
Stoke War Hospital, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A male ward at the hospital.
The ward is decorated with flags and flowers, to possibly celebrate the end of the First World War.