Domestic Medicine in an Early Eighteenth-Century Manuscript, GUL, Ferguson MS 43
This article delves into Early Modern English1 manuscript domestic medicine with special attention to a recipe compilation, Glasgow, University Library, Ferguson MS 43. Household recipe books were an important repository of practical medical knowledge for families. Recipe collections were often brou...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) |
| Repositorio: | RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riull.ull.es:915/34384 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/34384 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | GUL Ferguson MS 43 medical recipes women scientific writing household medicine |
| Sumario: | This article delves into Early Modern English1 manuscript domestic medicine with special attention to a recipe compilation, Glasgow, University Library, Ferguson MS 43. Household recipe books were an important repository of practical medical knowledge for families. Recipe collections were often brought by women to their new households upon marriage, and were subsequently passed down through generations, highlighting the significant role that women played in the production and dissemination of household practical knowledge. Ferguson MS 43, attributed to Lady Stanhope, showcases the female recipe collections’ ability to provide valuable information regarding eighteenth-century domestic medical practice and, more specifically, women’s contribution to it. The manuscript physical char- acteristics and its contents are analysed to place the text in its proper social, cultural and linguistic context as a representative instance of the recipe genre. |
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