Bibliograph

Household medicine in seventeenth-century England, Anne Stobart

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Household medicine in seventeenth-century England, Anne Stobart

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-277) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Household medicine in seventeenth-century England

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

908175860

Responsibility statement

Anne Stobart

Summary

How did 17th-century families in England perceive their health care needs? What household resources were available for medical self-help? To what extent did households make up remedies based on medicinal recipes? Drawing on previously unpublished household papers ranging from recipes to accounts and letters, this original account shows how health and illness were managed on a day-to-day basis in a variety of 17th-century households. It reveals the extent of self-help used by families, explores their favourite remedies and analyses differences in approaches to medical matters. Anne Stobart illuminates cultures of health care amongst women and men, showing how 'kitchin physick' related to the business of medicine, which became increasingly commercial and professional in the 18th century.--Back cover

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Household health care matters -- Section 1: Information. 'The danger is over': News about the sick -- Medicines or remedies: Recipes for health and illness -- Section 2: Resources. Early modern spending on health care -- Animal, vegetable and mineral: Medicinal ingredients -- 'Butter for to make the ointment': Kitchen physick -- Section 3: Practice. Therapeutics in the family -- 'I troble noe body with my complaints': Chronic disorders -- Conclusion

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