As he sails away from Douglas on 31st December 1795, Samuel William Ryley meets up with Dr Jacob Hammer. Whilst we've looked at other episodes in Samuel Ryley's memoir, published in 1808, this is by no means the first time he's encountered the doughty Doctor, so we go back to find out more.

In 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker, Nursing Sister Agatha of a sanitorium in Buda-Pesth has added a PS to her letter to Mina Murray. We then turn to the diary of Dr John Seward, studying his patient, Renfield, who escapes into the adjoining property, Carfax - recently purchased by a foreign client, one Count Dracula!

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