Surgeon Sentenced for Manslaughter in a Midwifery Case
Diane Morris | Friday, October 20th, 2017 | surgeons & surgery | No Comments
A previous blog described a case of crim. con. “Crim. con.” is short for criminal conversation or adultery. The accused adulterer or defendant in the case was a member of the clergy, one Rev. Mr. Bate Dudley. I read the case only because Mr. W. Musgrave’s signature, inscribed on the inside of the book, had attracted my eye.1 This […]
Read More »The Practice of Surgeons in 1818 London
Diane Morris | Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 | Regency Research, surgeons & surgery | 2 Comments
In pursuit of background material on a character in my third Regency novel, which is in production, I recently found myself browsing nearly every page in Johnstone’s London Commercial Guide. The full title of this weighty tome is typical of many Regency-era books: Johnstone’s London Commercial Guide, and Street Directory; on a New and More Efficient Principle […]
Read More »Vade Mecum Books: Handy Regency-Era Guides
Diane Morris | Thursday, October 20th, 2016 | Medicine, Regency Research, Surgery | No Comments
Like Jane Austen, I love novels. In recent weeks I’ve read Jane and The Wandering Eye (the third book in Stephanie Barron’s Jane Austen mystery series); A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman; We Were Liars by e. lockhart; Warleggan, book 4 in Winston Graham’s Poldark series; and Daphne du Maurier’s romantic thriller My Cousin Rachel. Occasionally I return […]
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