Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: amulets

  • Bells, whistles and rattles: Something to get your teeth into

    Christopher DuffinLondon, United Kingdom In the past, teething was seen as a dangerous period in the life of a young child. Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654), an English herbalist and apothecary, believed that this time of childhood development was a “necessary evil” and that children were in considerable danger of dying from fevers and convulsions that came…