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Regency Advertisements: Rymer’s Cardiac and Nervous Tincture

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This ad appeared in La Belle Assemblee, October 1806.

Regency Household: Dogs

By Anne | March 22, 2022 - 7:12 am |April 8, 2022 Regency Household

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I love dogs. I have my own sassy rescue at home who is lap dog with attitude, but I have also loved hounds, shepherds, and Continue →

Regency Advertisements: Sir Hans Sloane’s Pills

By Anne | March 10, 2022 - 6:24 am |March 17, 2022 Regency Advertisements, Regency Health and Medicine

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This ad appeared in the October 1806 edition of La Belle Assemblee. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a prominent and successful Georgian doctor who also Continue →

Regency Health and Medicine: The Vapour Bath

By Anne | August 10, 2021 - 7:31 am |August 26, 2021 Regency Health and Medicine

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A Short Account of Fumigating, Hot Air, and Vapour Baths (1837) Originating from the Roman bath or a Turkish bath, the vapour bath was essentially Continue →