Douglas Small
@drdouglassmall.bsky.social
Drug Historian. Author of ‘Cocaine, Literature, and Culture, 1876-1930’. Histories of Victorian medicine & science. #c19th #medhums
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Website: https://douglassmall.com
he/him 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Website: https://douglassmall.com
Autumn be autumning 🍁
October 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Autumn be autumning 🍁
Thanks! This was the other option but in the end the blue/orange contrast won out! 🟦😄🟧
July 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Thanks! This was the other option but in the end the blue/orange contrast won out! 🟦😄🟧
A lovely surprise in the post today.
It seems that ‘Cocaine, Literature and Culture’ is now available in paperback!
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
It seems that ‘Cocaine, Literature and Culture’ is now available in paperback!
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A lovely surprise in the post today.
It seems that ‘Cocaine, Literature and Culture’ is now available in paperback!
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
It seems that ‘Cocaine, Literature and Culture’ is now available in paperback!
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
I’m honoured that my book, ‘Cocaine, Literature & Culture’ has been shortlisted for the University English Book Prize & in such wonderful company!
@univeng.bsky.social does amazing work promoting Eng as a discipline, & with their #EnglishCreates campaign.
🔗 universityenglish.ac.uk/book-prize/
@univeng.bsky.social does amazing work promoting Eng as a discipline, & with their #EnglishCreates campaign.
🔗 universityenglish.ac.uk/book-prize/
May 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I’m honoured that my book, ‘Cocaine, Literature & Culture’ has been shortlisted for the University English Book Prize & in such wonderful company!
@univeng.bsky.social does amazing work promoting Eng as a discipline, & with their #EnglishCreates campaign.
🔗 universityenglish.ac.uk/book-prize/
@univeng.bsky.social does amazing work promoting Eng as a discipline, & with their #EnglishCreates campaign.
🔗 universityenglish.ac.uk/book-prize/
In case you want proof, here's an article i wrote years ago about Victorian eugenicists wanting to found a religion centred on "the human body is god". (I'll cheerfully admit that it has a genuinely terrible title. I don't know what I was thinking.) www.literatureandscience.org/wp-content/u...
May 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In case you want proof, here's an article i wrote years ago about Victorian eugenicists wanting to found a religion centred on "the human body is god". (I'll cheerfully admit that it has a genuinely terrible title. I don't know what I was thinking.) www.literatureandscience.org/wp-content/u...
Man, the Victorian eugenics pseudo-science + Techbro eugenics pseudo-science venn is really is just a perfect circle, isn't it?
May 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Man, the Victorian eugenics pseudo-science + Techbro eugenics pseudo-science venn is really is just a perfect circle, isn't it?
With the 1st trailer for Mamoru Hosoda's 'Scarlet' coming out, it's a nice time to remember that Hosoda (rather than Hayao Miyazaki) was originally hired to direct 'Howl's Moving Castle' (2004) for Studio Ghibli!
Here's some early storyboards for Hosoda's version:
Here's some early storyboards for Hosoda's version:
May 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
With the 1st trailer for Mamoru Hosoda's 'Scarlet' coming out, it's a nice time to remember that Hosoda (rather than Hayao Miyazaki) was originally hired to direct 'Howl's Moving Castle' (2004) for Studio Ghibli!
Here's some early storyboards for Hosoda's version:
Here's some early storyboards for Hosoda's version:
Howdy, y'all! 🤠 I have a new article just out in @jofvictculture.bsky.social - If you want to read about Doc Holliday, L.T Meade, & Victorian discourses of Tuberculosis & Murder then check it out here: academic.oup.com/jvc/advance-...
You're a daisy of you do! (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
You're a daisy of you do! (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
April 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Howdy, y'all! 🤠 I have a new article just out in @jofvictculture.bsky.social - If you want to read about Doc Holliday, L.T Meade, & Victorian discourses of Tuberculosis & Murder then check it out here: academic.oup.com/jvc/advance-...
You're a daisy of you do! (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
You're a daisy of you do! (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
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The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled...
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The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled...
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March 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled...
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The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled...
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Me (sadly naive): "Look, you can't capture all of Victorian Quack Medicine in one image, that would be ins- ... Oh."
March 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Me (sadly naive): "Look, you can't capture all of Victorian Quack Medicine in one image, that would be ins- ... Oh."
So, quite obviously everything is insane & on fire right now [gestures broadly to everything being insane & on fire] BUT if you're interested, I have a new article in this month's BBC History on the Victorian love affair with cocaine. www.historyextra.com/magazine/cur...
February 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
So, quite obviously everything is insane & on fire right now [gestures broadly to everything being insane & on fire] BUT if you're interested, I have a new article in this month's BBC History on the Victorian love affair with cocaine. www.historyextra.com/magazine/cur...
Hello to my new followers from the past few days 👋 I’m a historian of medicine & drugs - esp the 19th century - & an expert in all things Sherlock Holmes. You can check out my book on Cocaine, Literature & Culture FREE over at Bloomsbury or find out more at douglassmall.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Hello to my new followers from the past few days 👋 I’m a historian of medicine & drugs - esp the 19th century - & an expert in all things Sherlock Holmes. You can check out my book on Cocaine, Literature & Culture FREE over at Bloomsbury or find out more at douglassmall.com
Look, I'm generally on board with early 20th C. predictions of the future, but i take this swipe at Millennial fashion choices personally.
January 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Look, I'm generally on board with early 20th C. predictions of the future, but i take this swipe at Millennial fashion choices personally.
Not to be tacky & recommend my own work, but if you're interested in Cream in the context of 19thC cocaine addiction then I do talk about him a bit here:
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-de...
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-de...
January 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Not to be tacky & recommend my own work, but if you're interested in Cream in the context of 19thC cocaine addiction then I do talk about him a bit here:
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-de...
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-de...
This - from 'The Horse in History (1908)' - is a genuinely amazing little piece of Edwardian futurism! It's not quite 2030 yet, but (in my defence) the book did tell me to comment! 😄🐎
January 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This - from 'The Horse in History (1908)' - is a genuinely amazing little piece of Edwardian futurism! It's not quite 2030 yet, but (in my defence) the book did tell me to comment! 😄🐎
Aw shucks! 😊 Here, have a poster for cocaine wine (circa 1910).
December 24, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Aw shucks! 😊 Here, have a poster for cocaine wine (circa 1910).
Some very seasonal art nouveau!
Henri Rivière was heavily influenced by the Japanese ukiyo-e tradition & in 1902 he produced the series 'Thirty-six Views of the Eiffel Tower' as a homage to Katsushika Hokusai's 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' (1832). 🌨️
Henri Rivière was heavily influenced by the Japanese ukiyo-e tradition & in 1902 he produced the series 'Thirty-six Views of the Eiffel Tower' as a homage to Katsushika Hokusai's 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' (1832). 🌨️
December 24, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Some very seasonal art nouveau!
Henri Rivière was heavily influenced by the Japanese ukiyo-e tradition & in 1902 he produced the series 'Thirty-six Views of the Eiffel Tower' as a homage to Katsushika Hokusai's 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' (1832). 🌨️
Henri Rivière was heavily influenced by the Japanese ukiyo-e tradition & in 1902 he produced the series 'Thirty-six Views of the Eiffel Tower' as a homage to Katsushika Hokusai's 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' (1832). 🌨️
And if fruit at Christmas isn’t your thing then maybe we can tempt you with our NEW 300rpm SAUSAGE MACHINE!?!
December 21, 2024 at 5:09 PM
And if fruit at Christmas isn’t your thing then maybe we can tempt you with our NEW 300rpm SAUSAGE MACHINE!?!
Christmas Treats 1888 Style!
“The Choicest Fruits in FANCY PACKAGES!” 😄
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“The Choicest Fruits in FANCY PACKAGES!” 😄
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December 21, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Christmas Treats 1888 Style!
“The Choicest Fruits in FANCY PACKAGES!” 😄
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“The Choicest Fruits in FANCY PACKAGES!” 😄
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Well, hey, if your back's *really* against the wall then you could always inflict this on them! That'll larn 'em! 😂
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-de...
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-de...
December 19, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Well, hey, if your back's *really* against the wall then you could always inflict this on them! That'll larn 'em! 😂
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-de...
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-de...
More seriously though, Susan Zieger's book 'Inventing the addict' might be a good place for them to start. She's really good at laying out how debates about substance use (& which specific substances) changed across the 19th century.
December 19, 2024 at 4:30 PM
More seriously though, Susan Zieger's book 'Inventing the addict' might be a good place for them to start. She's really good at laying out how debates about substance use (& which specific substances) changed across the 19th century.
Oh god! I blame this meme. 😄
December 19, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Oh god! I blame this meme. 😄
So, Argos’s Christmas advertising is really *spectacularly* capturing the vibe of Britain in 2024…
December 10, 2024 at 12:15 PM
So, Argos’s Christmas advertising is really *spectacularly* capturing the vibe of Britain in 2024…
Brace yourselves, Vampire Folks. The 1st 'Nosferatu' reviews are out & we have Moustache Confirmation!
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December 3, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Brace yourselves, Vampire Folks. The 1st 'Nosferatu' reviews are out & we have Moustache Confirmation!
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Look upon my paella ye mighty, and go mmmmmm. 🍤 🙂 #feliznavidad
November 30, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Look upon my paella ye mighty, and go mmmmmm. 🍤 🙂 #feliznavidad