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What Did Disability Look Like In The 19th Century?

ISSUES Posted: July 18, 2014 12:09 am

“Clubs for ugly people, ear trumpets designed for mourners, mesmerism as a cure – disability in the 19th century reflected all of the Victorian era’s oddities and societal changes.”

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ISSUES Published: 07.15.14

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