By When we are unwell we go to specialised centres for medical treatment, clinics or hospitals. If our condition constrains us to the house a doctor may visit us at home and once we have been to a consultation we may continue our treatment at home. For the most part however our
Guest Blog: Alcohol and Ailments
Dr Mark Hailwood ‘Far Better Than Any Doctor in Town’? Alcohol and Health in the Seventeenth Century © Copyright Mark Hailwood, all rights reserved We all know that consuming alcohol is detrimental to our health, with some recent studies suggesting that it may even be the most harmful drug of
Sad and incommodious things
‘Sad and Incommodious things’: Miscarriage in Early Modern England. Before I started my current research project, I briefly explored how men and women in the early modern period responded to miscarriage. Perhaps unsurprisingly miscarriage could be a upsetting and scary prospect. One medical writer stated ‘Many Sad and incommodious things are
Guest blog: What was Beauty?
Dr Sara Read This blog was inspired by reading the latest one by Jennifer (Beauty and the Pox) about how being ‘ugly’ might make you less susceptible to disease, and the link between beauty and sexual propriety. It begs the question about what was considered ugly and therefore beautiful in