Stobart, Anne. Household medicine in seventeenth-century England

Folger bibliographic ID: 348549
Folger call number: R486 .S76 2016
Folger holdings ID: 499276

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 Drawing on previously unpublished household papers ranging from recipes to accounts and letters, this original account shows how health and illness were managed on a day-to-day basis in a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

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-277) and index

Extended title: Household medicine in seventeenth-century England / Anne Stobart

Medicine England

author: Stobart, Anne