Hodder Reading Project 3-4 Readers: Ill in Tudor Times Virtual Pack 6

Summary:
The Hodder Reading Project Level 3-4 identifies blocks to progression and takes pupils from National Curriculum Level 3 to Level 4. It comprises the Teacher's Resource, Pupil's Book and 6 Readers.

Reader 3, Level 3, You Wouldn't Want To Be Ill in Tudor Times! by Kathryn Senior.

A humorous - and gruesome - introduction to medicine and illness in the Tudor period with information on: training and hospitals, superstitions and witchcraft, battlefield and war surgery, the plague, false limbs, herbs and medicines, and childbirth. Funny, full-colour illustrations throughout complement the historically accurate but engaging and humorous text.

'Cartoon-style illustrations perfectly match the darkly humorous text.' BBC History

'Social history cloaked in hilarity.' The Guardian

Table of Contents:
Introduction
A tough start
Padua - centre of learning
Blood glorious blood!
When humour wasn't funny
Battlefield horrors
Plagued by infections
Hospital surgery
Quacks and witches
Herbs and apothecary
Barbaric births
At war again - the Armada
End of an era
Glossary Index

About the Author(s):
Written by Kathryn Senior. Illustrated by David Antram.