Category Archives: Regency Health and Medicine

Regency Reader Questions: Spas and Bathing

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Moniker/Name: tkh Source of Question: Research Your Question: One more question for you. I’ve been looking into “taking the waters.” Everyone speaks of Bath, but Continue →

Regency Advertisments: Shaving Cakes and See-Through Soap

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Vintage ad for Pear's

The ad copy appeared in the April 1817 issue of Ackermann’s Repository.  The image is from a later era, but showcases their many products. Pear’s Continue →

Regency Health and Medicine: Treating that Excruciating Complaint of Married Ladies

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This helpful tips, taking from Dr. Willich’s Domestic Encyclopaedia gives women instructions on how to treat sore nipples.  It appeared in the January 1802 edition Continue →