The Letters of John Keats
I read the Letters of John Keats when I was writing my novel Mr Hammond and the Poetic Apprentice.
Which Medicines Worked?
When John Keats trained as an apothecary, medicines were made from plants, heavy metals or other natural products,
Why did they bleed patients?
Many reviews of my novel mention how readers were fascinated by the descriptions of medicine 200 years ago.
John Keats and the North Middlesex Hospital
One day at the end of a busy GP surgery, I logged on to the North Middlesex Hospital website