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The sick child in early modern England, 1580-1720

by Hannah Newton

Sick childrenPediatricsChildrenCareHealth and hygieneHistoryChildren, health and hygieneMedical care, great britain

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.

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Book data: Open Library