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Thomas Rowlandson’s illustration entitled Death and the Apothecary or The Quack Doctor.

A Primer on Regency Era Doctors

In this entry about Regency Era doctors for my Regency Primer Series, we’re going to take a look at the medical profession. Just as there are lawyers and barristers, there the different were different types of Regency Era doctors: physicians, surgeons, apothecaries, midwives/accouchers, and barbers/dentists. These differences determined what they practiced and their place in…