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oapen-20.500.12657-312652021-11-12T16:23:36Z Chapter 4 'She sleeps well and eats an egg’: convalescent care in early modern England Newton, Hannah convalescence recovery non-naturals diet passions of the soul excretion exercise nature early-modern england medical advice Digestion Early modern period Humorism Physician Relapse Sanatorium bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1D Europe::1DS Southern Europe::1DST Italy bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day::HBLH Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTB Social & cultural history bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine "Very little is known about early modern approaches to convalescence and the author investigates the measures were taken by physicians and laypeople to restore health after illness. Drawing on medical texts, regimens, letters, and diaries, this chapter shows that the treatment of the convalescent differed both from the care of the sick and the healthy. It shows the vital place of the non-naturals in early modern medicine, and the role played by ‘Nature’, understood as the body’s principal agent and governor in physiological processes. The author finds that the 'six non-natural things' were on the one hand used as a way of gauging the extent of recovery, and on the other, were manipulated in a therapeutic role to ensure that both strength and flesh were restored. Thus, any remaining humours which might cause a relapse must be evacuated: good sleep, improved appetite and an ability to exercise were all signs of improvement but each, managed appropriately, also helped to restore strength, whilst negative emotions could endanger recovery and in its place cheerfulness –which was a restorative-must be encouraged." 2017-07-01 23:55:55 2019-12-03 08:32:13 2020-04-01T13:29:13Z 2020-04-01T13:29:13Z 2017 chapter 633232 OCN: 1030820274 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31265 eng Social Histories of Medicine application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 633232.pdf http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526113474/ Manchester University Press Conserving health in early modern culture: Bodies and environments in Italy and England 10.7765/9781526113498 10.7765/9781526113498 6110b9b4-ba84-42ad-a0d8-f8d877957cdd 53749cd5-80f4-4d77-ac0e-38c31ed9738c d859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfd Wellcome 29 1 095760 Wellcome Trust Wellcome open access
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"Very little is known about early modern approaches to convalescence and the author investigates the measures were taken by physicians and laypeople to restore health after illness. Drawing on medical texts, regimens, letters, and diaries, this chapter shows that the treatment of the convalescent differed both from the care of the sick and the healthy. It shows the vital place of the non-naturals in early modern medicine, and the role played by ‘Nature’, understood as the body’s principal agent and governor in physiological processes.
The author finds that the 'six non-natural things' were on the one hand used as a way of gauging the extent of recovery, and on the other, were manipulated in a therapeutic role to ensure that both strength and flesh were restored. Thus, any remaining humours which might cause a relapse must be evacuated: good sleep, improved appetite and an ability to exercise were all signs of improvement but each, managed appropriately, also helped to restore strength, whilst negative emotions could endanger recovery and in its place cheerfulness –which was a restorative-must be encouraged."
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