Letter from Queen Victoria mentioning chloroform use in childbirth

[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)]

Queen Victoria: drug addiction, sexual scandal and despiser of children. — The History Corner

Anesthesia and Queen Victoria

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Antique Signed Queen Victoria Godmother Letter Lord Odo Russel Birth of Twins

Case histories of Queen Victoria - birth of Princess Beatrice

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What a blessing she had chloroform - Abstract - Europe PMC

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Victoria (1819–1901), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and empress of India

Queen Victoria: drug addiction, sexual scandal and despiser of children. — The History Corner

Anesthesia during labor? Thank Queen Victoria. - The Boston Globe

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