Charlie Fenton’s Reviews > Pustules, Pestilence and Pain: Tudor Treatments and Ailments of Henry VIII > Status Update
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‘The treatment for fevers says to take barley, hulled and cleaned, and make a drink, called a tisane. To make the tisane, Bullein said to put ten pounds of clean warm or hot water into a stone or tinned vessel pot, and add enough barley to take up half the water, let stand until it’s cold, and then strain, and drink. This passage implies that the humour that is out of balance is yellow bile, for it is hot and dry‘
— Apr 03, 2018 07:45AM
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Charlie Fenton
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‘This possible treatment for Henry’s ulcers includes the metal mercury, but in a different form than was used in many mercury treatments. I make this distinction because many of the scholars studying the health issues of Henry tried to determine if he was troubled by syphilis, and it was shown that mercury used to treat syphilis was never bought by his household, at least not that could be found.’
— Apr 06, 2018 12:48PM
Charlie Fenton
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‘Henry, while jousting at Greenwich, had the second jousting accident of his life. It is said that the King was unseated from his horse and crashed to the ground with the fully-armoured horse landing on top of him. He remained unconscious (‘without speech’) for two hours. His legs were crushed in the fall and he may have sustained fractures.‘
— Apr 06, 2018 11:07AM
Charlie Fenton
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‘There are no studies that show the effectiveness of borage flower on pain, other than a possible use for rheumatoid arthritis, but the plant contains gamma-linolenic acid which may be an anti-inflammatory and it is used modernly as an astringent. Violets are used for some skin conditions by herbalists today, but it seems to have no uses for pain.‘
— Apr 05, 2018 04:05PM
Charlie Fenton
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‘Based on this passage the first thing to do is to bring the joint back to its natural position, then you must with all thoroughness keep the joint from moving again. Then you should anoint the joint with oil of roses and then a fine and old linen cloth, also soaked with oil of roses, shall be applied to the member. Then apply cloths dampened with egg whites to the joint.‘
— Apr 05, 2018 03:50PM
Charlie Fenton
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‘This follows with the Tudor belief that many illnesses were caused by bad air that entered the body through the nose or mouth. As we already know, Henry VIII had an attack of smallpox only a few years into his reign. In 1521, his phobia was cemented into place when the king contracted a series of fevers that recurred, today this illness is known as malaria.’
— Apr 04, 2018 08:38AM
Charlie Fenton
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‘It was not within the scope of this project to include every health issue Henry experienced; the last months of his life, alone, could provide for a lifetime of research. Instead, I decided to include one major accident, two minor accidents, five major illnesses and one minor illness. For these nine ailments, I have included seventeen treatments.’
— Apr 03, 2018 07:39AM
