Dr. Maddy Pelling

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671 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 5 May

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And the scars are noticed later on when people think she's a princess and they're like, oh, she's so exotic.

She's got these strange markings on her head.

It's like, nope, they're from torture in the workhouse.

It's completely wild.

And she has this horrendous time in the workhouse

She's not allowed to leave for ages.

And at one point she's begging the doctor saying, I just want to go.

I don't want to be here anymore.

And the doctor says, okay, we see that huge vat of boiling water at the end of the ward.

If you can pick that up, you're strong enough to leave.

Not a great doctor.

And so she tries to do it.

What health test is that?

Yes, this is not the days of the NHS.

So she tries to pick up this boiling vat of water.

She pulls it all over herself and scores herself.

And he's like, yeah, I told you, get back into bed.

Yeah, it's wild.

It's wild.

But she has this kind of, you know, in the 18th century, we talk about this idea of like the progress of different characters.

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