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Regency Health and Medicine: Walking and Women’s Feeble Arms

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I stumbled upon this brief review of the powers of walking as exercise.  It has some remarkably sexist things to say about men and women, Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Public Recreations in Paris

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jardin des tuileries 1800s

I came across this article in the February 1806 edition of La Belle Assemblee, and thought it was the perfect snapshot of Paris “hot spots” Continue →