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What the Victorians Did For Us

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Adam Hart-Davis investigates Victorian innovations.

Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society.

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Including fossil hunting at Lyme Regis, a Victorian seance and devices for waking the dead

Adam Hart-Davis investigates Victorian innovations. He goes fossil hunting at Lyme Regis, recreates a Victorian seance, and examines devices for waking the dead.

Adam Hart-Davis investigates the Victorian innovations that left a lasting impression on British society.

He visits the home of an eccentric scientist who was reputed to have created life, goes fossil hunting at Lyme Regis, recreates a Victorian seance, and examines devices designed for waking the dead. Plus a look at the first antiseptics and anaesthetics, and the first uses of epidemiology, which saved hundreds from the ravages of cholera.

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