Quack, Quack, Quack by The Wellcome Library is a major resources for the study of medical history, particulary in the United Kingdom. Please visit their user-friendly site to learn more about medicine during Dickens' time--epidemics, medical practices, diseases. Maps, timelines, personal accounts are among their archived content. Among the searchable collections:
"A lancet can be an arched window to let in the light or it can be a sharp surgical instrument to cut out the dross and I intend to use it in both senses".
--Thomas Wakley, founder of The Lancet
