The Sick Rose: Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration appears to be a very interesting book, though perhaps not altogether pleasant to thumb through. For me, this is not an issue, as fascination tends to trump aversion when it comes to how people process, depict and publish the daunting mysteries of an era.
Meet the real Frankenstein: pioneering scientist who may have inspired Mary Shelley
In the early years of the 19th century, strange stories began to be told about an isolated Somerset country house in the Quantock Hills. Its…
