The sick child in early modern England, 1580–1720
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The sick child in early modern England, 1580–1720
Introduction One morning in 1630, fourteen-year-old Richard Wilmore from Stratford vomited ‘black Worms, about an inch and a half long, with six feet, and little red heads’. After vomiting, he ‘was almost dead, but a little time after he revived’. The next day, the boy’s father went to see a doctor called John Hall, ‘earnestly desiring’ his advice. He brought with him some of the worms ‘wrapped...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endeavour
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0160-9327
DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2014.04.001