'Inflammation of the brain' dustman View from the River Thames

View from the River Thames

The British government had tried to retain a neutrality throughout the American Civil War

Sir Horace designed the new Smithfield Market

The Prince of Wales was shortly due to marry the beautiful Princess Alexandra of Denmark

'Inflammation of the brain' dustman View from the River ThamesTwo figures showing diseased human brains. Figure 1 Part of the left side of the brain showing (at D) 'an immense mass of diseased structure.' Figure 2 Part of the right half of the brain showing (at C) 'a considerable mass of pulpy and discoloured brain.' Plate 8 from the monograph The morbid anatomy of the human brain; being illustrations of the most frequent and important organic diseases to which that viscus is subject, by Robert Hooper (London,