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)]

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Queen Victoria uses chloroform in childbirth, 1853

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

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Queen Victoria and the Quest for Pain-Free Childbirth, by LM Brown

John Snow, the First English Anaesthetist, Part 5: Anaesthetist to Queen Victoria

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queen victoria and childbirth

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Chloroform and childbirth

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John Snow, the First English Anaesthetist, Part 5: Anaesthetist to Queen Victoria

One Day Event.Queen Victoria.