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The English had struggled in the previous century over the extent of the king’s power. After fighting two civil wars, executing one king, and, eventually, forcing the monarch to agree to rule ...

A truly mooooomentous event… Now, it so happened that Edward Jenner’s professor - a charming chap called Dr John Hunter - was also a big cheese in 18th century medicine. Hunter was a real ...