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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I like it that our heroes hold to the views of the day, rather than have late-20th century attitudes, which is a flaw in so many historical novels. Stephen's enthusiasm for medical blood letting, for example.
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Not to mention Stephen's rather lackadaisical attitude toward hygiene! To a modern sensibility it seems so odd for a man of medicine to be so grubby, and yet it makes perfect sense for the time period.