Introducing Health Care in Times Past - How our ancestors coped with illness and death Volume 3: Births, Deaths, Funerals and Mental Illness

by Ian H Waller FSG FGRA

INTRODUCING HEALTH CARE IN TIMES PAST -
How our ancestors coped with illness and death
In this series of four illustrated volumes, the life and times of our ancestors and their health care is revealed. It is an immense topic, and after years of meticulous research, a comprehensive chronicle about illness and health care from cradle to grave is the result.
The two underlying themes are how our ancestors dealt with their own health and how the medics coped with each new disease or epidemic that came along. We learn what our ancestors did when they were ill - where did they go for help...who treated them...and how? The fables and folklore behind early medicine are exposed as well as myths and traditions which lived on for decades. The everyday hazards of life in bygone days are explained well as the author paints a vivid picture of the various difficulties faced and overcome by our forebears and medics alike.
We are introduced to doctors and surgeons; pharmacists, apothecaries and quacks; barber-surgeons, dentists and medical specialists; nurses and midwives; pioneers, medical researchers, inventors and by no means least, medical volunteers and charities. We visit their places of work including the temporary ones in time of war.
The four volumes are:
Vol. 1: Medical Practices, Professions and Pioneers
Vol. 2: Diseases, Remedies, Epidemics and Accidents
Vol. 3: Births, Deaths, Funerals and Mental Illness
Vol. 4: Military Medical Care
The four-book set is by popular author Ian Waller so you know you are in for an informative read!

Volume 3 is all about birth, death and funerals. It covers how our ancestors dealt with childbirth centuries ago from basic care in medieval times to Victorian trends – and includes some odd superstitions about childbirth too. As sure as night follows day, death follows birth and the causes of death are examined in detail in this volume. This volume includes extensive details about funerals and how they have changed over the years. The volume ends by discussing the asylum system and how our ancestors dealt with mental illnesses.

 AVAILABLE AS INDIVIDUAL BOOKS, OR DISCOUNTED AS A COMPLETE SET OF FOUR VOLUMES