Mellany Ambrose Mellany Ambrose

The Letters of John Keats

I read the Letters of John Keats when I was writing my novel Mr Hammond and the Poetic Apprentice.

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Mellany Ambrose Mellany Ambrose

Which Medicines Worked?

When John Keats trained as an apothecary, medicines were made from plants, heavy metals or other natural products,

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Mellany Ambrose Mellany Ambrose

Why did they bleed patients?

Many reviews of my novel mention how readers were fascinated by the descriptions of medicine 200 years ago.

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