The Medical Marketplace and Medical Tradition in Nineteenth-century Ireland

In 1895, the charred body of Bridget Cleary, a 26-year-old woman, was found in a shallow grave in County Tipperary in Ireland. The immediate events that culminated in her death appeared to originate in a cold she caught which necessitated bed rest. As her illness proved resilient to all forms of med...

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Published inFolk Healing and Health Care Practices In Britain and Ireland p. 55
Main Author Catherine Cox
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Berghahn Books 15.06.2010
EditionNED - New edition, 1
Subjects
Anthropology
Behavioral sciences
Censuses
Cities
Complementary therapies
Economic disciplines
Economics
Employment
Ethnography
Ethnology
European history
European studies
Folk medicine
Health care industry
Health sciences
Human geography
Irish culture
Irish famine
Irish history
Irish literature
Irish studies
Labor economics
Medical personnel
Medical practice
Medical treatment
Metropolitan areas
Occupations
Physicians
Political geography
Population studies
Social sciences
Surgeons
Traditional medicine
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Summary:In 1895, the charred body of Bridget Cleary, a 26-year-old woman, was found in a shallow grave in County Tipperary in Ireland. The immediate events that culminated in her death appeared to originate in a cold she caught which necessitated bed rest. As her illness proved resilient to all forms of medical intervention, her husband Michael Cleary became convinced, or was persuaded, that the fairies had abducted his real wife.¹ In his attempts to establish the true identity of the sick woman he burned his wife to death. This gruesome story and the associated criminal proceedings have been ascribed multiple
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