Tag Archives: British Medical Terms

Five Horrible Diseases You Might Have Caught in Victorian England

A Victorian wedding: "Did you wash your hands?"

While certain costume dramas would have us believe it would be wonderful to visit Victorian England, to wander the London streets amid barrow boys and horse-drawn carriages, to see Oscar Wilde’s plays performed for the first time, ...

If a British Doctor Invites You to ‘Surgery,’ Should You Be Worried?

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Surgery. A&E. Gorked.