Lobotomised and sold into slavery
A court case from 1700 reveals a horrific story of young men lobotomised and sold into slavery in Maryland
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Galvanism – Frankenstein science and the dead!
In the early 19th century a criminal was brought back to life using Galvanic methods – the use of electricity that inspired the novel, Frankenstein
Prisoners infect judges with typhus – jail fever!
In 1750 three judges busily sentencing some criminals to death caught jail fever off them – and died of typhus a little while later