MRMC Spring Wellness Programs

As part of Milford Regional Medical Center’s (MRMC) efforts to promote good health and well-being, MRMC is once again sponsoring a variety of wellness programs for the public. Registration is now open for the spring session programs, which are being held virtually and live streamed for participants to enjoy from the comfort of their own homes.

The spring session begins the week of April 10 and includes eight different weekly classes, which are led by certified instructors. All classes run approximately one hour and take place in the evenings, except for two classes which occur on Saturday mornings.

Classes include Mondays: Therapeutic Qi Gong and Zumba Toning®; Tuesdays: Ease into Fitness and Pilates Barre Fusion; Wednesdays: Core & More; Thursdays: Cardio, Core & Conditioning; and Saturdays: Shape Up! and Chair Fitness (new).

For detailed descriptions of each class or to register, visit the hospital’s website (milfordregional.org) and click on “Classes and Events.” Classes are $50 per session. FMI email msanford@milreg. org or call 508-422-2827.

If a surgeon dropped his scalpel on the floor in the late 1800s, he picked it up and continued to use the instrument while operating. On the other hand, life-saving discoveries such as x-rays were made during this time. Such is the paradoxical nature of late-Victorian medicine.

On April 12th at 7:00 p.m., the Douglas Historical Society will host a performance titled Myths & Miracles of Victorian Medicine. Guests will discover some of the primitive practices and life-saving discoveries that lead to today’s medical miracles.

Fictional Victorian lady Miss Myrtle Mills will escort guests on a journey through the head-scratching yet surprisingly advanced state of lateVictorian medicine. Guests will learn about disease prevention; kitchen-cupboard medicines and patented “remedies”; pregnancy protocols; the difficulties for aspiring women physicians, and scientific discoveries that formed the roots of medicine in 2023.

Janet Parnes, owner of Historical

Portrayals by Lady J. Millis (www. women-history.com.) will portray Myrtle Mills. Myths & Miracles of Victorian Medicine will take place on Wednesday, April 12th, at 7 p.m. at the E.n. Jenckes Store Museum 283 Main St,

Douglas. The program is free and open to the public.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Douglas Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

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