This Victorian "science" will shock you 🫢

Britain's Victorian era — defined by the reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1901 — was a time of great scientific discovery.

6 Shocking "Scientific" Beliefs From Victorian England

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Britain's Victorian era — defined by the reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1901 — was a time of great scientific discovery. But it was also marked by some scientific beliefs that were, shall we say, a bit less theoretically sound. In fact, some of the commonly held beliefs of this time are downright shocking in the context of our modern understanding of the world.

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