Medical Meddlers, Mediums and Magicians: The Victorian Age of Credulity
Nov 2011 · The History Press
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The Victorians had a thirst for knowledge. This drove them to explore the unchartered corners of the world, plumb the unfathomable depths of science, discover evolution and create some of the engineering and architectural marvels of the world. Yet this open-mindedness also at times made them utterly gullible. Because of their closeness to disease and the ever-present threat of their own mortality, it was inevitable that they would be open to the claims of quacks who promised all kinds of panaceas, and to mediums who offered a means of communicating with the dead. So too did it make them eager for diversion and entertainment by the conjurers and illusionists of the great music halls. Strangely, it was through the magic-making skill of the conjurers that the activities of many of the tricksters and fraudulent mediums finally came to be exposed.
Medical Meddlers, Mediums & Magicians is a box of delights for all students of Victoriana.
About the author
Keith Souter is a retired GP and the author of twenty books, both fiction and non-fiction. His other books include Doctor's Latin and Schoolboy Science Remembered, as well as The Little Book of Genius.
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