by Diane Morris | Aug 14, 2022 | surgeons & surgery, Surgery
There is no question about it: Regency surgery was awful for patients. An observer in 1828 described an amputation in this manner: “But, oh, how my feeling recoiled at the sight! To behold the keen shining knife drawn around the leg severing the integuments, while the...
by Diane Morris | Aug 8, 2022 | Publishing
My Regency website has a new look, starting with Issac Robert Cruikshank’s painting titled “Characters on the Steyne, Brighton.” Published in 1825, Cruikshank’s painting is just so Regency! The Steyne (or “Steine”) was a popular...
by Diane Morris | Jun 2, 2022 | Body-snatchers, Life & Times, surgeons & surgery
The business of body-snatching thrived in Jane Austen’s England. It also flourished in Scotland (1), Ireland (2), on the continent (3), and in the United States (US) and Canada. The success of the body-snatcher or Resurrection man (as he was sometimes called)...
by Diane Morris | Apr 30, 2022 | Anne de Bourgh, Disease, Pride and Prejudice, Publishing
Nearly everybody has heard of Elizabeth Bennet, the spunky young lady in Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth is so popular that she has her own Wikipedia page, where curious persons can read a detailed analysis of her character. Known for...
by Diane Morris | Apr 11, 2022 | Body-snatchers, Medicine, Publishing, Resurrection Men, surgeons & surgery
Book 1 of my Surgeon’s Duty trilogy — titled Ravaging the Dead — is live and can be found as both a paperback and a Kindle eBook on Amazon. It can also be found as an eBook on Smashwords. The trilogy tells a tale of body-snatchers and surgeons in...
