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This is the first page of 14 which has notes on Henry's visit to Rome and Henry and Mae's honeymoon. Various notes on the right-hand side of the page include:
- Extravagant surroundings - cornucopia motifs, heavy brocades, oushak (Turkish carpet)
- Sumptuously upholstered - many styles of passementerie would make it seem very over-trimmed and girly
- Often called a dressing case, razor, razor strop, combs etc all in the "dressing case" - very popular for travelling rich men in this period
An image of this dressing case is included as well.
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A list of landscape elements found on the Fenn surrounding Fayne House. Some notes are also included on this page which detail the history of certain words:
- Muir = Scots form of middle English "mire" meaning "moor" or "fenn"
- Online etymology "Old English fenn" mud, mire, dirt, fen, marsh, moor"
- "Old Saxon: fenni"
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Three photos of different house interiors from the Victorian era. These pictures include:
(Top) Kinloch Castle - Isle of Rùm - the hall portion of the house is photographed - 1899-1903
(Middle) Field Place - drawing room - 1820
(Bottom) Farnley Hall, Yorkshire - drawing room, as painted by Turner in 1818
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A diagram of the Norfolk House floor plan. This document also offers some description and background on the house, which had it's first assembly in 1756.
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Image of the grand staircase at 20 Portman Square, London (1775-7).
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A blue notebook which is titled "Belle Moral." There are other things written on the cover, most of which has been scratched out.
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NOW Magazine which features Ann-Marie MacDonald on the cover for the week of October 4-10, 1990. The headline on the cover reads "Double theatre talent Ann-Marie MacDonald: Playwright plots bold gothic tale." There is also a photo of Ann-Marie MacDonald with a fake skeleton.
The article from this issue of NOW magazine on MacDonald is also included and is titled "Myth and science collide in the clever playwright's sharp dark comedy," written by Jon Kaplan. This article lists MacDonald's other accomplishments under a section titled "Resume" and there are several other sections including "Career growth," "Humane comedy," and "Wild fringe." This article primarily discusses the performance of Arab's Mouth at Factory Theatre.
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This is a note from Ann Marie MacDonald's personal archive that shows an image of a circle with lines crossing through the center of it in yellow ink. The quote at the bottom reads "Everyone wants a piece of the pie".
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A note written by Ann Marie MacDonald saying, "5 senses...one to each word - I always thought that the even numbers had a healing power for the odd ones - odds were jagged - wounded words
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There is a list of Victorian food and drinks which Ann-Marie MacDonald has compiled.
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The three pages are the details for the rehearsal of Belle Moral for the 2005 Shaw Festival in the Court House Theatre. On each page there is a list of dates and times for the rehearsals. Each row of dates include which actors need to be available for each rehearsal.
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The three pages are the details for the rehearsal of Belle Moral for the 2005 Shaw Festival in the Court House Theatre. On each page there is a list of dates and times for the rehearsals. Each row of dates include which actors need to be available for each rehearsal.
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Photo of two sheep hanging out on a path with grass surrounding them.
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This is an illustration of the tranquillizing chair (1810) which was suggested by Benjamin Rush, whose treatise on insanity was an outstanding systematic study. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda
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This outlines Dr. Goelet's vaginal electrode as well as intra-uterine constant current application. There is a diagram of the medical device and a photo of the application to the leg - general direct current stimulation. There is also a photo of the application of this to the abdomen - general direct stimulation.
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A photo of Jean-Martin Charcot (French neurologist who developed groundbreaking work on hypnotism and hysteria) working at the Salpetriere hospital in Paris, France
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A photo of hypnotism being performed on a patient (late 19th cent.)
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An article written in French detailing vibration therapy. There is an illustration of this medical practice with the caption:
"Instructions for use of the vibrating helmet.
Fig. 1- This helmet topped with an electric motor (fig.5) is fitted onto the head by flexible metal blades (fig. 2).
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A French article about the electrical treatment of neurasthenia.
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This is a photo captioned - in French - Doctor B.. who operates at home, in his dining room.
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This is an image of a Victorian period metal operating table with a surgeon standing next to it.
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This is a photo of a Victorian-era operating theatre
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Page 20 of the introduction from Richard Barnett's 2014 book. This page features the 1890 painting titled "Autopsy" by Enrique Simonet Lombardo.
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1882 painting of first successful public demo of anasthesia - Mass. General Hospital
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Various photocopied paintings which depict Victorian medical scenes. The two paintings here are:
(Top) The Agnew Clinic 1889 - med. school U.S.
(Bottom) 1891 N.Y. Polyclinic School of Med + Surg.