عنوان

The role of domestic knowledge in an era of professionalisation :

شماره

TLets693006

عنوان اصلي

The role of domestic knowledge in an era of professionalisation :

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Osborn, Sally Ann

عنوان اصلي به قلم نويسنده ديگر

eighteenth-century manuscript medical recipe collections

نام ساير پديدآوران

Vallance, Edward ; Brown, Michael ; Pennell, Sara

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

University of Roehampton

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2016

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Ph.D.

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

University of Roehampton

امتياز متن

2016

متن يادداشت

Manuscript recipe books come in all shapes and sizes and run from tens to hundreds of pages. Those from the eighteenth century are not exclusively culinary, also incorporating medical, veterinary and household recipes. Surviving examples are almost all from genteel or elite households, the people who had time and resources to create them, and are preserved in local archives or dedicated collections. This thesis examines the medical recipes in particular and considers their role at a time when alternatives to domestic healthcare were proliferating: increasing numbers of physicians and surgeons, a growth in apothecaries' shops, commercial offerings such as proprietary medicines and a variety of irregular practitioners. Advice and remedies in print were also widely available in books, periodicals and newspapers. This is the largest study of eighteenth-century manuscript medical recipes yet undertaken, encompassing 241 collections and a total of 19,134 recipes. It begins by considering the collections themselves as material objects, rather than merely text, which no other major study in this area has done. The range of recipes and ailments are assessed against prevalent illnesses and causes of death, and variations in recipe types identified regionally and temporally. Detailed case studies of coughs and colds, gout, hydrophobia, diet drinks and Daffy's Elixir illustrate the variety of ingredients and methods, as well as regimens for health and differences by gender and age. Examination of compilers and contributors of recipes demonstrates that both women and men were involved in this practice. Recipe exchange is delineated as a form of social currency requiring trust and reciprocity, and case studies show how knowledge circulated through three forms of network: familial, sociable and political. Finally, a major contribution of this thesis is that it identifies manuscript medical recipe collections as fulfilling four important functions for their compilers: oeconomic, symbolic, personalised and instrumental.

موضوع مستند نشده

eighteenth century

موضوع مستند نشده

recipes

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Osborn, Sally Ann

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Brown, Michael

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Pennell, Sara

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Vallance, Edward

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

University of Roehampton

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y