The giving birth to monster baby bit is amusing, would be hilarious if it was true.
The giving birth to monster baby bit is amusing, would be hilarious if it was true.
I thought this was going to be about Georgian woman. What a shame
I have no idea where the BBC is getting that this is "Georgian", which I thought they actually meant Georgia (Russia). But looking into it, this book was popular in England, published in England, and most likely written in England. The book was initially claimed to be written by Aristotle, hence the title, but no one knows who the author is. What is for sure is that this book has nothing to do with Georgia, the US State, or even the territory. In fact 1720 isn't when the book was written, it was 1684. I'm assuming maybe this copy might have made it's way to America and is being sold by someone who traced this specific book through Georgia? Regardless the book was never banned and stayed in print for a time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_era
The time period.
I think in Britain "Georgian" means that first and foremost, not Georgia the US state or Georgia the Eastern European country. So this article didn't bother to specify.
Other than the customary hearsay pseudoscience nonsense and sexism of the time period, I don't see anything particularly "appalling" that it recommends.
“Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Words to live by.
Georgian is an era much like Edwardian and Victorian
I'm quite surprised the article did not mention the second part of the book (which may be missing for the auction).
"The Second Part, being
A Private Looking Glass for the Female SEX.
Treating of the various Maladies of the
Womb and all other Distempers incident to Women
of all Ages, with proper Remedies for the cure of each
The whole being more Correct than any
thing of this kind hitherto Published."
Considering how misguided the first part of the book was in terms of lovemaking and procreating, I can't help but wonder that if the second part was equally erroneous how we didn't die off as a species, at least in the UK.
Women, who as a gender are at risk of sexual indulgence - or "venery" - should avoid eating "hard, fat things
Okay, is anyone else laughing like a 12 year old in biology class when the teacher says "penis" ?