02568nam 22004333u 450 991021986370332120220324175131.0(CKB)3800000000216143(MiAaPQ)EBC4980847(EXLCZ)99380000000021614320180122h20172017 fy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierConserving health in early modern culturechapters 3, 4[selected chapters] /edited by Sandra Cavallo and Tessa StoreyManchester, UK :Manchester University Press,2017.©20171 online resource (2 chapters) illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)Access to chapters 3 and 4 only.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : Proquest Ebook Central, 2022Electronic access onlyIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapter.'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.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.Social histories of medicineHealthHistory16th centurylatNLIPublic healthGreat BritainHistory16th centurylatNLIGreat BritainSocial conditions16th centurylatNLIHealthHistoryPublic healthHistoryCavallo SandraStorey TessaProQuest Ebook Central9910219863703321Conserving health in early modern culture1912905UNINAEBOOK