Household medicine in seventeenth-century England

Resource Information

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Label

Household medicine in seventeenth-century England

Statement of responsibility

Anne Stobart

Creator

• Stobart, Anne

Author

• Stobart, Anne

Subject

• History, 17th Century
• England
• Self Care -- history
• Medicine, Traditional -- history
• Family Health -- history

Language

• eng
• eng

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 Drawing on previously unpublished household papers ranging from recipes to accounts and letters, this original account shows how health and illness were managed on a day-to-day basis in a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

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

610.94209032

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

• D652
• R486

LC item number

.S76 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

NLM call number

WZ 70 FE5

NLM item number

S863h 2016