Category Archives: Medical history

A Deadly Colour

Posted on February 8, 2020 by brushedwithmystery

Matilda  Scheurer and Frances Rollo were killed by emerald green. History only remembers  what is noteworthy at the time, and usually for a reason.   We know the last few days of Matilda  Scheurer and Frances Rollo, but will never know … Continue reading →

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Salisbury Plain

Posted on November 30, 2019 by brushedwithmystery

Colonel Bedell on Salisbury Plain- another found family photo..

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Bombarded Hospital in Estaples: World War One

Posted on February 20, 2014 by brushedwithmystery
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Interesting Men: Oliver Wendell Holmes

Posted on December 14, 2012 by brushedwithmystery

He was a Renaissance man- a polymath in the company of Leonardo da Vinci and Johann Wolfgang van Goethe.  A law student who wrote poetry in his free time, he would go on to become an eminent medical doctor and … Continue reading →

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