(Ebook) Sufferers and Healers The Experience of Illness in Seventeenth Century England 1st edition by Lucinda McCray Beier 1317294337 9781317294337

(Ebook) Sufferers and Healers The Experience of Illness in Seventeenth Century England 1st edition by Lucinda McCray Beier 1317294337 9781317294337

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ISBN-10 :  1317294337

ISBN-13 :  9781317294337

Author: Lucinda McCray Beier  

Lucinda McCray Beier’s remarkable book, first published in 1987, enters the world of illness in seventeenth-century England, exploring what it was like to be either a sufferer or a healer. A wide spectrum of healers existed, ranging between the housewife, with her simple herbal preparations, local cunning-folk and bonestters, travelling healers, and formally accredited surgeons and physicians. Basing her study upon personal accounts written by sufferers and healers, Beier examines the range of healers and therapies available, describes the disorders people suffered from, and indicates the various ways sufferers dealt with their ailments. She includes several case-studies of healers and sufferers, and looks in detail at the ways in which women’s identities and duties were associated with childbirth, illness and healing. This title will be of interest to students of history.

Sufferers and Healers: The Experience of Illness in Seventeenth-Century England 1st Table of contents:

1 Introduction
2 The Medical Marketplace
I Licensed Healers
II Unlicensed Healers
III Attempts to Professionalise: The Creation of the Myth
3 A London Surgeon's Career: Joseph Binns
I Injuries
II Surgical Repairs
III Disease States
IV Conclusions
4 The Physician's Tale
I John Symcotts
II Two Provincial Healers
III Comparison and Conclusions
5 Sufferers and Patients: The Diseases of the People
6 Sufferers and Patients: Approaches to Illness
7 In Sickness and in Health: The Josselins' Experience
I Introduction
II Disorders
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Children's Accidents and Diseases
Adult Disorders
III ‘Means' and Healers
IV Sickness Behaviour and Attitudes
V Conclusions
8 The Character of a Good Woman: Women and Illness
I Introduction
II Case Studies
Lady Margaret Hoby
Alice Thornton
III Conclusion
9 Conclusion: The Experience of Illness
Abbreviations
Notes
1 Introduction
2 The Medical Marketplace
3 A London Surgeon's Career: Joseph Binns
4 The Physician's Tale
5 Sufferers and Patients: The Diseases of the People
6 Sufferers and Patients: Approaches to Illness
7 In Sickness and in Health: The Josselins' Experience
8 The Character of a Good Woman: Women and Illness
9 Conclusion: The Experience of Illness

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