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Take a Spare Truss 1: Equipment
' Those who are afflicted with a rupture should take a spare truss with them.' So advised
Dr William Kitchener in 1827 to people who were contemplating a trip abroad. But apart from a truss, what else did the dedicated traveller take? How did he get there? Where did he stay and what did he eat?
Simon Brett recalls some intriguing 19th-century travel tips.
Producer ANGELA HIND

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