Dr. Maddy Pelling
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671 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 5 May
Dr. Maddy Pelling’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And she describes this herself later on.
And this is written down as part of her life story that's published at the end of 1817, that she starts to have these blinding headaches.
And she's close to suicidal thoughts on the road.
She does think about, unfortunately, taking her own life.
And she's picked up by some people who were heading into London who find her in this sorry state.
And she's sort of...
She's speaking gibberish, interestingly, already at this point.
She's not making sense.
She's kind of delirious.
And they pick her up in their cart and they take her into London and they take her to St.
Giles' workhouse and they just deposit her on the steps of the workhouse.
And they're like, we found this lady on the road.
She's not well.
Help her.
And she spends almost a year, I think, in the workhouse, during which time, you know, entry to the workhouse in this period, you would be stripped of your clothing.
You would have your body inspected for sexually transmitted disease or other diseases.
You know, so very kind of intimate humiliation already, especially for a woman.
Her head is shaved and she's kept in the hospital wing and she...
Has this treatment for cupping, so sort of hot cups are applied to her scalp.
Yeah, and it leaves scars forever.
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