Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: MEDICAL PERCEPTIONS; 1. Humid Humours: Children's Bodies and Diseases; 2. 'Cur'd in a Different Manner': Children's Physic; PART II: THE FAMILY'S PERSPECTIVE; 3. 'With Great Care and Pains': Tending the Sick Child; 4. 'Wrackt Betwixt Hopes and Fears': Parents' Emotions; PART III: THE CHILD'S EXPERIENCE; 5. 'Very Much Eased': Being a Patient; 6. 'Ill in My Body, but Well in God': Suffering Sickness; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary
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
