tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post3553672619350689248..comments2023-06-22T02:52:16.261-06:00Comments on Redwood's Medical Edge: Florence Nightingale Diagnosis Henry VIII: Part 1/3Jordyn Redwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021715235725750286noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-17682945179131758502012-01-31T13:19:24.393-07:002012-01-31T13:19:24.393-07:00Thanks Jordyn. It is fun to talk history and nurs...Thanks Jordyn. It is fun to talk history and nursing at the same time!JoAnn Spearshttp://www.amazon.com/Six-One-Tudor-JoAnn-Spears/dp/1466324384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-23591679010145981872012-01-30T21:24:06.552-07:002012-01-30T21:24:06.552-07:00Thanks everyone for your comments. JoAnn, I am lov...Thanks everyone for your comments. JoAnn, I am loving this series. Great work!!Jordyn Redwoodhttp://www.jordynredwood.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-56008884772955607982012-01-30T10:17:55.160-07:002012-01-30T10:17:55.160-07:00Carol, apologize for the name typo.Carol, apologize for the name typo.JoAnn Spearshttp://www.amazon.com/Six-of-One-ebook/dp/B006OPKZE6noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-5238824389232733532012-01-30T10:16:59.537-07:002012-01-30T10:16:59.537-07:00More theorizing to come in parts two and three!
...More theorizing to come in parts two and three! <br /><br />Carole,the medical practices of the Tudor era are fascinating to say the least. The idea of treatments like bleeding, clysters, poultices, administering macabre medicinal compounds, etc. seem bizarre to us today, but at least it's pretty straightforward to picture the treatments, or imagine how they were done. The descriptions of ailments and symptoms is a lot less straightforward. Words like 'dropsy', 'flux', 'apoplexy', 'ague', and 'grippe', to name a few, seem to have covered some pretty broad territory. This can make it tricky to try to understand exactly what was happening to a 'patient' in a historical context.<br /><br />Erin, you could say the same thing really about behavioral or psychiatric symptoms. What we think of as 'violent' behavior and what was considered violent in the Tudor era are so different.joann spearshttp://www.amazon.com/Six-of-One-ebook/dp/B006OPKZE6noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-59487259560597677352012-01-30T09:02:34.692-07:002012-01-30T09:02:34.692-07:00Fascinating. I have read so much about Henry but ...Fascinating. I have read so much about Henry but never even considered that an illness caused his violence/anger.Erin MacPhersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11665098986271579372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365990433045665296.post-57944166868013686532012-01-30T07:59:06.587-07:002012-01-30T07:59:06.587-07:00A group I belong to discussed the issues of Henry&...A group I belong to discussed the issues of Henry's court last year. Among them were the medical practices of the day, thus I find this fascinating.Carol McClainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14225606888246883508noreply@blogger.com