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Nausea and Vomiting: A History of Signs, Symptoms and Sickness in Nineteenth-Century Britain Rachael Russell CHSTM Centre for the History of  Science, Technology & Medicine & Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine
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Historiography and Sources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1800.
The Experience of Sea-Sickness ,[object Object],[object Object]
Sea-Sickness - Treatments “ Levilly’s Thalaszone Belt” (1853)   Diagram of a swinging chair, designed by Michael Hodge Simpson (1867)   Diagram of flexible bandage, designed by Hortense Anastasie Bordin (1868)
Morning Sickness American Patent Medicine (~1850-1900) “ The secret is out” Letter from Elizabeth Shaw to John Shaw, 31 st  March 1815, Shaw/43a, Birmingham University “ A woman, after conception, during the time of her being with child, ought to be looked upon as indisposed or sick, though in good health; for child-bearing is a kind of nine months’ sickness, being all the time in expectation of many inconveniences which such a condition usually causes to those that are not well governed during that time.” Aristotle’s Works:  (London: Printed for the Booksellers, 1861), p. 20
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Lit Sci Med Vomiting

  • 1. Nausea and Vomiting: A History of Signs, Symptoms and Sickness in Nineteenth-Century Britain Rachael Russell CHSTM Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine & Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine
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  • 5. Sea-Sickness - Treatments “ Levilly’s Thalaszone Belt” (1853)   Diagram of a swinging chair, designed by Michael Hodge Simpson (1867)   Diagram of flexible bandage, designed by Hortense Anastasie Bordin (1868)
  • 6. Morning Sickness American Patent Medicine (~1850-1900) “ The secret is out” Letter from Elizabeth Shaw to John Shaw, 31 st March 1815, Shaw/43a, Birmingham University “ A woman, after conception, during the time of her being with child, ought to be looked upon as indisposed or sick, though in good health; for child-bearing is a kind of nine months’ sickness, being all the time in expectation of many inconveniences which such a condition usually causes to those that are not well governed during that time.” Aristotle’s Works: (London: Printed for the Booksellers, 1861), p. 20
  • 7. Thank you… Questions? [email_address]