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[Letter] 1859 Dec 21, Windsor Castle/[Queen Victoria. Written in third person, she is "very glad to hear Minnie is going on so well & had the inestimable blessing of chloroform w. no one can ever be sufficiently grateful for". She praises the doctor of whom she has heard many good reports. (Queen Victoria pioneered the use of chloroform in childbirth; it was adminstered to her during her eight confinements and she wrote enthusiastically about it in her journal)]
Developments in Childbirth in Regency and Victorian England - Jane Austen articles and blog
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Victoria, Princess Royal, Becomes a Mother
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The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Life and Times of Queen Victoria; vol. 1 of 4, by Robert Wilson.
Antique Signed Queen Victoria Godmother Letter Lord Odo Russel Birth of Twins
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Chloroform in Childbirth? Yes, Please, the Queen Said - The New York Times
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Queen Victoria: drug addiction, sexual scandal and despiser of children. — The History Corner