Regency Health and Medicine: Sleep

Sleep was recognized, early on, as an important part of keeping healthy. From (1828) The book of health: Historian Roger Ekirch published a paper Continue
Sleep was recognized, early on, as an important part of keeping healthy. From (1828) The book of health: Historian Roger Ekirch published a paper Continue
One of my favorite schticks in a Heyer novel is in Regency Buck when Judith is taught how to take snuff. It sums up Continue
Domestic Medicine, Or, A Valuable Treatise on the Prevention and Cure (1804) Found this recipe for mercury ointment (!) in a Continue
Now the “oldest cosmetics manufacturer in the UK” (http://johngosnell.com/about-us/history/) dating back to 1677, during the Regency era the company of Price & Gosnell had a Continue