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Here's the latest instalment of my threads on #ViscountCastlereagh and #MentalHealth under the hashtag #Castlereagh200.

In my last thread, I looked at how medical practitioners through the 19thC understood stress, and particularly the work of Charles Mills. 1/ Image
Today, I'll use a passage from Mills's 1884 study of mental overwork among 'professional and public men' to consider Castlereagh's behaviour preceding his suicide on August 12, 1822--changes that bear strong similarities to what Mills identified as acute nervous exhaustion /2
Mills identified warning signs:
"excessive irritability of temper; depression of spirits; morbid impulses and fears; constantly recurring thoughts, phrases, or suspicions; sense of effort; impairment of memory and attention; and change in habits and methods of mental work." 3/
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Today is #NationalDogDay!
Time to re-examine the roles dogs have played in #DisHist!
For centuries, artists have shown dogs accompanying blind subjects, performers & beggars across the world, suggesting that dogs lived/worked alongside disabled handlers. The black and white illustr...The color image shows medie...The black and white photo s...
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Medieval European texts show figures that might possibly be blind holding a staff & the lead of a dog. As per @NinonDubourg, dogs were not considered reliable or safe in theory, but they were likely used as companions and fellow performers while begging.
#DisHist #envhist The color photo shows margi...The color image shows margi...
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For more on #DisHist and good dogs in medieval illustrations, you can read @drkmurch’s blog here: kristamurchison.com/medieval-guide…

And @JudeSeal’s @ExploreWellcome piece here: wellcomecollection.org/articles/XszQJ…

#NationalDogDay #envhist #animalhistories
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Since Home Secretary @patel4witham recently tried to deny that she's in favour of the #deathpenalty & the US Govt has announced it's bringing back federal death penalty, I've been thinking about the women in my book Women and the Gallows 1797 to 1837 THREAD 1/n
Also every time I watch A Handmaid's Tale, I think of the mass hangings in the #18thc, where up to 20 people were dispatched in one go. Also the grim accidents at hangings where the rope snapped or people watching were killed in the crush. But most of all, I think of.. 2/n
Eliza Fenning, accused of attempting to murder a family by poisoning dumplings. No one died. Almost certainly innocent (I only qualify it bc there is no way to be ABSOLUTELY sure). She had a deeply unfair trial heard by a judge determined to kill her. She was shown no mercy. 3/n
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