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The Terrifying Truth About Victorian Medicine

2025-10-23 18:00:00 2025-10-23 19:00:00 America/Chicago The Terrifying Truth About Victorian Medicine Minooka Branch - Meeting Room - Minooka Branch

Thursday, October 23
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-10-23 18:00:00 2025-10-23 19:00:00 America/Chicago The Terrifying Truth About Victorian Medicine Minooka Branch - Meeting Room - Minooka Branch

Minooka Branch

Meeting Room - Minooka Branch

Learn about the astounding and horrifying ways of Victorian Medicine.

Ah, Victorian life. Graceful. Elegant. Chivalric. Deadly. While you may pine away, dreaming of life in days gone by, there’s something you should know first…

Tricia brings to the forefront some astounding—and truly horrifying—information about the “science” of Victorian medicine. Learn how to stop a cough with boiled mercury and laudanum, or how to lessen a child’s fever by wrapping them in ice blankets and loading them with heroin. Please be advised: this lecture presents graphic images and gruesome situations.

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Minooka Branch

info@trpld.org
Phone: (815) 467-1600
Fax: (815) 467-1632
Branch manager
Debbie Griggs

Hours
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Mon, Sep 29 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Sep 30 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Oct 01 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Oct 02 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Oct 03 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Oct 04 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Oct 05 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the library

The former Minooka Masonic Hall re-opened as the Minooka Branch of the Three Rivers Public Library District in 1992.

The library contains collections for adults, children, and teens; access to public computers, fax, and scanning; and a public meeting room.

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Thu, Oct 02, 4:30pm - 5:00pm
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Fri, Oct 03, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Mon, Oct 06, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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Tue, Oct 07, 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Wed, Oct 08, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Thu, Oct 09, 10:30am - 11:00am
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Thu, Oct 09, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Thu, Oct 09, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
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Fri, Oct 10, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
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Tue, Oct 14, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
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Wed, Oct 15, 5:00pm - 7:30pm
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Thu, Oct 16, 10:30am - 11:00am
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Thu, Oct 16, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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