The Sick Child in Early Modern England, 1580-1720

Physical Attractiveness and the Female Life-Cycle in Seventeenth-Century England

“…12 Hannah Newton has argued that parents expressed equal concern about sons and daughters being disfigured by smallpox, but these examples suggest that for mothers such anxieties were greatest and expressed more often with regard to female children, and the topic deserves further investigation. 13 Once girls reached their teens their physical appearances became more noticed and commented upon. In 1653, Dorothy Osborne observed that 'my mother used to say there was never any body (that was not deformed) but were handsom to some reasonable degree, once between fowerteen and twenty', and in 1663 the 14-year-old Elizabeth Delaval was told by Mrs. Carter, a servant of her aunt, that her 'growing beauty in some lettle time wou'd certenly make a conquest of many hearts'.…”

Gender, Work and Diplomacy in Baroque Spain: The Ambassadorial Couples of the Holy Roman Empire as Arbeitspaare

“…37 His role at that time was to be with his wife and children supporting and encouraging them during their convalescence. 38 Nevertheless, the outcome was fatal as the girl died and the very next day the baby began to give signs of weakness. Von Pötting tried his best to care for the child with the help of the housekeeper Mattelspergerin, but unfortunately he died.…”

Children in Hospitals Before There Were Children’s Hospitals

“…2,3 But as a body of knowledge and practices addressing the sick child, pediatrics has a much longer history. 4,5 Reconstructing the history of what might be called "pediatrics before pediatricians" entails going beyond the rare books and treatises that were long the traditional sources for medical historians. In this article, we explore 18th-century English hospital admission registers with respect to the medical care of neurodisability.…”