Childbed Fever: More 18th-Century Medical Moonshine
Diane Morris | Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 | Childbirth, Medicine | 2 Comments
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 discussion of miasma. Previously I discussed quinsy, a serious and sometimes fatal […]
Read More »Did Jane Austen Die from Nervous Consumption on July 18, 1817?
Diane Morris | Thursday, July 17th, 2014 | Jane Austen, Medicine | No Comments
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 August 1817 issue of The Gentleman’s Magazine. Her obituary notice, shown in the image, is very like […]
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