by Diane Morris | Jun 23, 2016 | Childbirth, Medicine
Earlier this month I took a detour and posted a blog about Whit Stillman’s movie Love and Friendship, which is based on Jane Austen’s novella Lady Susan. With this blog I am returning to the ever-fascinating topic of Regency medicine and specifically to a...
by Diane Morris | Jul 17, 2014 | Jane Austen, Medicine
July 18. At Winchester, Miss Jane Austen, youngest daughter of Rev. George Austen, Rector of Steventon, Hants, authoress of “Emma,” “Mansfield Park,” “Pride and Prejudice,” and “Sense and Sensibility.” These paltry words announced Jane Austen’s death in the...