By guest writer Geoff Smaldon Few of us look forward to a visit to the dentist, but we are now accustomed to a level of dental care unheard of in the past. It was not until 1858 that the first dental hospital opened in the UK and the Royal College of Surgeons started to license [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Kitchenalia'
Teeth, Sheep, Apples And Cheese: An Age-Old Problem Solved
October 7th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Ivory · Kitchenalia · Naive
Sugar-coated collectables
July 26th, 2007 · No Comments
Things We Take For Granted, Chapter 41: Sugar. No, I’m not writing a book but if I was, there would be at least 40 chapters of other things we take for granted and no doubt more. Fact is, in the 18th century, sugar was a great luxury and as such, it was awarded a prominent [...]
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