How did people ward off sickness in Shakespeare’s England? While some turned to medical practitioners, many relied on homemade medicines and remedies.

Housewives acted as the first line of defence against the onslaught of sickness, armed with treasured recipes and bottles of waters and syrups. Explore the contents of their precious recipe collections, and the role of women as physicians in early modern England.

This event includes time for you to view unique manuscripts from the Wellcome Library’s special collections.

Speaker: Dr Elaine Leong, historian of early modern medicine and science, University of Cambridge.

This event is FREE. 

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This event is part of Recipes and Remedies.