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[Event listing courtesy of Historical Portrayals by Lady J]
Myths & Miracles of Victorian Medicine: Performance at Goodnow Public Library
Prepare to gasp, marvel, and chuckle, as you discover the horrifying practices and milestone discoveries that characterize turn–of-the-century medicine! Proper Victorian lady Miss Myrtle Mills (fictional) will reveal its primitive nature as well as life-saving advances.
Myths & Miracles of Victorian Medicine will take place on Saturday, March 15 at the Goodnow Public Library.
Dive into topics that include the following:
- Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, a woman of “firsts” starting with her position as the first woman to graduate from an American medical college
- “Hygiene” practices
- Patented “medicines”
- Kitchen cupboard/homemade “remedies” (and remedies)
- Pregnancy protocols
- Discoveries that form the roots of medicine in 2025
And more
Find out about the origins of life-saving discoveries such as germ theory, the x-ray, and aspirin.
Come explore practices that defy today’s medical sense and discoveries that helped form the foundation of 21st-century medicine.
Janet Parnes, of Historical Portrayals by Lady J, (www.women-history.com) will portray Miss Mills.
Location: Goodnow Public Library
21 Concord Rd., Sudbury
Date: Saturday, March 15
11am- noon
Free of charge
Walk-in event (no registration)
Questions? Visit the Library’s event page at https://tinyurl.com/GoodnVMed or call the Library at 978-443-1035