George's story begins on April 17 in 1789 at home: Pemberley in Derbyshire
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The two Darcy brothers relax in a sunny parlor for conversation
Dr. George Darcy
James Darcy II, George's older brother
Clock reads 2:34 PM, the precise time of Alex's death ten years prior
George's twin Alex Darcy (1767-1779) at 12 years of age
Royal College of Surgeons in London
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries testing room
Royal College of Physicians
Guy's Hospital in London, a 1755 drawing
Lying-In Hospital in London
Bethlem Royal Hospital in London
The Foundling Hospital in London
St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, a 1786 drawing
James Darcy I, Master of Pemberley, George and James's father
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Lady Anne Darcy
George's trunk, a gift from Mr. Darcy
Inside the trunk are apothecary cases, a physician's saddlebag, and leech jars
East India Company headquarters in London, an 1800 drawing by Thomas Malton
East India Company ships primarily for cargo and soldiers
England to India by sea is a 5-6 month journey
India in 1785
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"A Dictionary of English and Hindoostanee" by John Gilchrist, published 1786
Gilchrist
Fort of Bombay, 1754
7 Islands of Bombay under English rule by 1668
Salsette (L) & Bombay (R) before the islands were combined. Konkan Coast seen in background.
Bombay street scene, 1826
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Laboratory, 1790 etching
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Ensign "Reed" Dawson
East India Company (EIC) Compound, Bombay Square
golden shower & java plum trees
Dr. Searc McIntyre
Dr. White, Bombay Physician General
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Miss Sarah Chambers
Bombay beach and the Arabian Sea
Konkon Coast of India
Malshejghat in Pune (Poona)
hospital ward in Assaye
Dr. Kshitij Ullas
Sadhu, an Indian Holy Man
Practitioners of Ayurveda medicine. Depiction of famed Indian physician Susruta performs surgery in an Ayurvedic hospital.
Very advanced instruments in this pre-1st century text
Ayurvedic textbooks dating to the 2nd Century, Sanskrit Vedic texts
Ayurvedic plaque, and chart of Ayurvedic humors
Dhanvantari, god of Ayurveda
Kama Sutra, a Vedic sacred text written as early as 400 BC, as a guide to virtuous and gracious living
"Micrographia" by Robert Hooke, 1664 publication on microscopic organisms
Antonio van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) designer of first microscope
Microscopes, late 18th century models
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"The Botanic Garden" by Erasmus Darwin, 1791
"Art of Surgery" by Dr. Daniel Turner, 1722
Georg Ernst Stahl (1659-1734) German chemist & physician
Boerhaave (1668-1738) Dutch, founder of clinical teaching & modern academic hospital
Hornsby Vellard, a road (thin strip to left) connecting Bombay and Mazagaon islands
Mazagaon (Mazagon) 1790 painting
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Mazagaon mangos
Mazagaon Hill with view of Bombay
Henry's, an English style pub in Bombay
interior of Henry's Pub
Khandesh landscape along the river
beach in Daman
Indian tanga
tanga
Haveli: a private mansion with historic or architectural significance
Haveli residence of Sardar Panday in Kalyan
Haveli courtyard
Haveli interior porch
Ullhas River flows between Thane and Kalyan
Namaste, the traditional Indian greeting of respect and honor
namaste
Sardar Pandey Dhamdhere
Sardar
Indian swords & shield
Indian swords & daggar
1830 troupe of Indian dancers and musicians
Indian women dancing
Jharna Dhamdhere Ullas
Ullas children: Sasi, 1 year and Nimesh, 4 years
Lady Ruby Thomason
Haveli leisure chamber
Sawai Madhav Rao II court in Poona, the Peshwa of Maratha Empire 1774-1795
Madhav Rao II, Peshwa
Peshwa Madhav Rao II, a 1792 painting by James Wales
George Darcy's bedchamber while staying at the Haveli
Haveli corridor between bedchambers
Special gifts for Ruby from George
His Grace, the Duke of Larent
