Genre:

Diary, Spoof

Subjects:

Gender, Education, Museums, Natural History, Medical Treatment, Magnetism, Light, Instruments

    Recounts visits to the Natural History Museum and St Paul's Cathedral, illuminated by a 'Tyndaluminospectric light'. Concludes: 'We women have yet something to learn in physical science'. Notes that her female doctor applied a 'magnetic detonator' to her spine and ears. Claims that her sister has mastered several intellectual disciplines, including 'political economy, statistics, aerostatics, electrology, hygiene and thermapeutics'.