By This is just a quick post to let readers know that Sara has a new book OUT NOW which some of you might find interesting. Maids, Wives, Widows: Exploring Early Modern Women’s Lives 1540-1740 has several chapters on health care and medicine. The role of the housewife in providing the first line
By Dead Useful
One aspect of early modern medicine that people often have difficulty getting their head around is the use of human body parts as medicinal substances. This could take several forms – it could involve the touch of a live human body, or the use of bits of dead bodies sometimes