The sick child in early modern England, 1580-1720
By: Hannah Newton
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780199650491
Subjects: Sick children; Pediatrics; Children; Care; Health and hygiene; History
Description: Illness in childhood was common in early modern England. Hannah Newton asks how sick children were perceived and treated by doctors and laypeople, examines the family's experience, and takes the original perspective of sick children themselves.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-234) and index.