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Regency Household: Invalid Chairs

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This design for the Royal Patent Invalid Chair appeared in the 1808 Ackermann’s The upholsterer’s and cabinetmakers Repository.

Regency Health and Medicine: A Recipe for Bruises

By Anne | August 30, 2022 - 7:23 am |September 16, 2022 Regency Health and Medicine

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This recipe appeared in The Ladies Best Companion; Or, a Golden Treasure for the Fair Sex (1800).

Regency Reader Questions: Eating Disorders

By Anne | June 28, 2022 - 8:23 am |July 12, 2022 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Health and Medicine, Regency Reader Questions

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Regency Reader Question Dear Anne Glover, I’m thinking about writing an unusual short story about a Georgian/Regency era gentleman who develops an eating disorder from Continue →

Regency Health and Medicine: The Regency Birthing Room (Guest Post)

By Anne | May 6, 2022 - 7:44 am |June 27, 2022 Guest Post, Regency Health and Medicine

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Those of us watching Netflix’s adaptation of The Viscount Who Loved Me in Season 2 of Bridgerton may have been moved by the series’ exploration Continue →