By In her receipt book which she titled ‘Sarah Wigges her Booke’ (1616), Sarah Wigges added the wonderful slogan ‘Live Wel, dye never; Dye wel, live ever’. This demonstrated her religious as well as her medical credentials, topics which often overlap in early modern writing. Clearly Wigges decided that it
By New Year’s Reflection
Happy New Year everyone! Before we kick off with the posts for 2015, here is a look back at last years most popular posts of the last year 5. Just sneaking into the top five is a post all about the wondrous healing virtues of chocolate. As well as enhancing
Infertility, Miscarriage and Men
This is a shameless self promotion post I’m afraid. My latest two articles have just been published … ‘They are called Imperfect men’: Male Infertility and Sexual Health in Early Modern England’ The first is available open access in Social History of Medicine and explores how early modern medical writers