The obstetrical use of chloroform had been publicized by Dr James Young Simpson
in 1847.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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A fierce debate ensued in pamphlets and medical journals between proponents of the practice and religious authorities. The latter...
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In what some consider her most ambitious religious work, she continues here her meditations on the female characters of the Bible. The text envisions the moment at which Eve
, the Virgin Mary
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