HTTP/2 301 server: nginx date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:49:12 GMT content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 location: https://dralun.wordpress.com/comments/feed/ x-hacker: Want root? Visit join.a8c.com/hacker and mention this header. host-header: WordPress.com link: ; rel="https://api.w.org/" vary: accept, content-type, cookie last-modified: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:49:12 GMT etag: "43dcaf9afc42505fe81f62a64fa4c726" x-redirect-by: WordPress x-ac: 3.bom _dca MISS alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 server-timing: a8c-cdn, dc;desc=bom, cache;desc=MISS;dur=371.0 HTTP/2 200 server: nginx date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:49:13 GMT content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 vary: Accept-Encoding x-hacker: Want root? Visit join.a8c.com/hacker and mention this header. host-header: WordPress.com link: ; rel="https://api.w.org/" vary: accept, content-type, cookie last-modified: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:49:13 GMT etag: W/"2d7021c3a6a4f2b2c9fa00aab3e580c6" content-encoding: gzip x-ac: 4.bom _dca MISS alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 server-timing: a8c-cdn, dc;desc=bom, cache;desc=MISS;dur=370.0 https://dralun.wordpress.com Welcome to my blog! I am an academic historian of medicine and the body, and 2014 AHRC/BBC 'New Generation Thinker'. Please enjoy and let me know what you think. All content is generated by AW and not AI! Sun, 25 Jan 2026 20:06:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.com/ https://dralun.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/the-medical-case-for-beards-in-the-19th-century/#comment-26825 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 20:06:24 +0000 https://dralun.wordpress.com/?p=554#comment-26825 […] Withey, Dr. Alun – The Medical Case for Beards in the 19th Century […]

]]> https://dralun.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/the-quirky-world-of-victorian-shaving-patents/#comment-26822 Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:27:58 +0000 https://dralun.wordpress.com/?p=1654#comment-26822 ]]> In reply to computerlegendarydb2a5a0c28.

Thanks for the question, and it’s a great one. Unfortunately it’s not something I’ve ever come across…advertisements often don’t give the sizes. Wish I could help 😕

]]> https://dralun.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/the-quirky-world-of-victorian-shaving-patents/#comment-26821 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:36:10 +0000 https://dralun.wordpress.com/?p=1654#comment-26821 Just a little off tangent– could you tell me what were the usual *dimensions* (ie. inches or cm) of a “tablet of shaving papers”, like those mentioned in ‘Pioneer Girl’, Laura Ingalls-Wilder’s autobiography? Thanks

]]> https://dralun.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/the-medical-case-for-beards-in-the-19th-century/#comment-26815 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 07:24:46 +0000 https://dralun.wordpress.com/?p=554#comment-26815 […] by medical opinions about the supposed health benefits of beards. In the mid-nineteenth century, doctors began to encourage men to rock thick beards for their health. Although the medical benefits of beards as imagined by Victorian doctors are nonexistent, there […]

]]> https://dralun.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/the-medical-case-for-beards-in-the-19th-century/#comment-26813 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:07:16 +0000 https://dralun.wordpress.com/?p=554#comment-26813 Great readinng your post

]]> https://dralun.wordpress.com/2020/02/14/a-hidden-history-of-beard-terms/#comment-26812 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:08:38 +0000 https://dralun.wordpress.com/?p=1602#comment-26812 So much fun reading this! Thanks so much!

]]> https://dralun.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/splash-it-all-over-a-brief-history-of-aftershave/#comment-26810 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:22:46 +0000 https://dralun.wordpress.com/?p=1105#comment-26810 […] qualities. Surely, nothing says “self-care” quite like slathering diluted cyanide on your face.[5,Splash it all over: A brief history of aftershave. Withey (2016) 6]Instructions and cautions […]

]]> https://dralun.wordpress.com/2021/02/24/beard-fashions-and-class/#comment-26807 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 23:00:35 +0000 https://dralun.wordpress.com/?p=1722#comment-26807 […] 18th century was largely considered a “beardless age,” where clean-shaven faces were the norm among […]

]]> https://dralun.wordpress.com/2024/06/11/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go-encouraging-travel-in-the-early-modern-period/#comment-26804 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:28:57 +0000 https://dralun.wordpress.com/?p=1888#comment-26804 Always appreciate your well-researched content, thanks! Veronica Dantas

]]> https://dralun.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/barbers-and-shaving-in-early-modern-britain/#comment-26803 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 17:19:01 +0000 https://dralun.wordpress.com/?p=1345#comment-26803 Shout out to all the other writers out there who really appreciate Dr Alun’s work. Thank you so much for this fascinating deep dive!

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