Regency Advertisements: Sir Hans Sloane’s Pills

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 Science and Invention: Quackery

I admit it,  I too find it hard to have my Regency doctors administering blood letting.  I have noticed this often becomes an anachronistic trope Continue