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‘Science and Stupidity’, Punch, 29 July 1876

The Morality of Medicine

Rob Boddice | Published in History Today Volume 71 Issue 8 August 2021

The rise of laboratory science in the late 19th century put stark focus on the moral cost of medical innovation.

‘A View of Sydney on Norfolk Island, 1792’. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. Public Domain.

Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island

J.M. Moore | Published in History Today Volume 75 Issue 1 January 2025

As convicts celebrated Queen Victoria’s birthday on remote Norfolk Island, debates raged over the purpose of punishment and the merits of Alexander Maconochi