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Objects 12: Blood letting device
In this final episode Cliff Eisen focuses on medicine in the second half of the 18th century, and contemporary views on science and death. We explore today's object: a scarifier.
In this final episode Cliff Eisen focuses on medicine in the second half of the 18th century, and contemporary views on science and death. We explore today's object: a scarifier,used to bleed Mozart's mother before her death in Paris, and hear a moving account of Mozart's death in 1791 as recalled by his sister-in-law.
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A History of Mozart in a Dozen Objects
Mozart鈥檚 world rediscovered in objects of his time, with Professor Cliff Eisen.
