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Chapter 3 'Ordering the infant' caring for newborns in early modern England

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This chapter focuses on the specific forms of health care given to newborn babies in early modern England, a hitherto almost entirely neglected category in histories of health. Drawing on printed health advice and correspondence the chapter charts the various stages of the care offered to newborns,...

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Main Author: Astbury, Leah (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Manchester University Press 2017
Series:Social Histories of Medicine
Subjects:
Italy
Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
Social & cultural history
History of medicine
non-naturals
health advice
child-care
newborn babies
early modern england
sleeping
regimen
passions of the soul
excretion
exercise
Feces
Hygiene
Medical writing
Midwife
Nursing
Pregnancy
Swaddling
Uterus
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