Conserving health in early modern culture . chapters 3, 4 [selected chapters] / / edited by Sandra Cavallo and Tessa Storey

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910219863703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (2 chapters) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)
• Soggetti: Health - History - 16th century; Public health - Great Britain - History - 16th century; Great Britain Social conditions 16th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Access to chapters 3 and 4 only.; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : Proquest Ebook Central, 2022; Electronic access only
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapter.
• Nota di contenuto: 'Ordering the infant': caring for newborns in early modern England / Leah Astbury -- 'She sleeps well and eats an egg': convalescent care in early modern England / Hannah Newton.
• Sommario/riassunto: Chapter 3 focuses on the specific forms of health care given to newborn babies in early modern England ...based on very specific management of the six non-naturals appropriate to their uniquely hot, damp constitutions, and fragile, malleable bodies. This care was determined particularly by attentive observation and physical 'searching' of the body. Chapter 4 nvestigates the measures were taken by physicians and laypeople to restore health after illness. Drawing on medical texts, regimens, letters, and diaries, this chapter shows that the treatment of the convalescent differed both from the care of the sick and the healthy. It shows the vital place of the non-naturals in early modern medicine, and the role played by 'Nature', understood as the body's principal agent and governor in physiological processes.