Tag: Tudor

• The Byrth of Mankynde, 1540

  

  Learn more about the first book in English on pregnancy, birth, and newborn care: The Byrth of Mankynde, 1540.

  Aradia Wyndham

  February 7, 2020

  Birth, Pregnancy, Video

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• Measles in the Tudor Era

  

  What was measles like for people before vaccination? Watch or read about measles in the Tudor era.

  Aradia Wyndham

  October 21, 2019

  Babies, Video

  16th century, book history, contagion, England, featured, herbology, history of measles, history of medicine, humoral, illness, immunity, immunization, King Edward VI, measles, medicine, medieval, mmr, pediatrics, smallpox, The Boke of Chyldren, Thomas Phaer, tuberculosis, Tudor, vaccination, vaccine

• The Boke of Chyldren | Tudor Pediatrics|

  

  Imagine a world where there are no books about keeping your baby healthy in your language, even in your country: that was the case in England until Thomas Phaer published “The Boke of Chyldren” in 1544.

  Aradia Wyndham

  May 10, 2019

  Babies, Blog, Video

  16th century, art history, bedwetting, book history, breastfeeding, colic, cradle cap, domestic manual, early modern, England, epilepsy, history, humoral, infant care, infant sleep, literacy, magic, medicine, medieval, metaphysical, nightmares, religion, teething, The Boke of Chyldren, Thomas Phaer, Tudor