This week, Dear Reader, I won’t be posting, as I’m doing research for my next book. I’m staying in the empty apartment of a New York City friend and will be spending all my time here, at the New York Academy of Medicine:
And here, at the New York Public Library. Back next week!
In many 19th century London pubs, dregs from drinks were dumped into a basin, prior to the glasses being washed. The contents of the basin were then sold to the poor.