https://blot.blog/tags/hospital/Recent content in Hospital on blot.blogHugoenelliot@clowes.me (Elliot Clowes)elliot@clowes.me (Elliot Clowes)Sun, 05 May 2024 18:14:30 +0100https://blot.blog/2024/05/05/the-19th-centurys-lottery-for-life/Sun, 05 May 2024 18:14:30 +0100elliot@clowes.me (Elliot Clowes)https://blot.blog/2024/05/05/the-19th-centurys-lottery-for-life/<p><strong>April 12, 1835. London.</strong> The weekly Friday lottery draw is about to take place and a young woman clutches her ticket with desperate hope as she speeds up Denmark Hill.</p> <p>A ticket is difficult to get as it all but guarantees that you&rsquo;ll see a favourable outcome in the draw. So every morning for the past three days the woman visited various wealthy homes, begging the servant who answered the door to let her see their master so she can plead her case for her worthiness of a ticket. And eventually she was thankfully gifted one.</p>