Jennifer Evans

How did men cope with sexual health issues in early modern England? This vivid history investigates how sexual, reproductive, and genitourinary conditions were understood between 1580 and 1740. Drawing on medical sources and personal testimonies, it reveals how men responded to bouts of ill health and their relationships with the medical practitioners tasked with curing them. In doing so, this study restores men’s health to medical histories of reproduction, demonstrating how men’s sexual self-identity was tied to their health. Charting genitourinary conditions across the life cycle, the book illustrates how fertility and potency were key to medical understandings of men’s health. Men utilized networks of care to help them with ostensibly embarrassing and shameful conditions like hernias, venereal disease, bladder stones, and testicular injuries. The book thus offers a historical voice to modern calls for men to be alert to, and open about, their own bodily health.

How did men cope with sexual health issues in early modern England? This vivid history investigates how sexual, reproductive, and genitourinary conditions were understood between 1580 and 1740. Drawing on medical sources and personal testimonies, it reveals how men responded to bouts of ill health and their relationships with the medical practitioners tasked with curing them. In doing so, this study restores men’s health to medical histories of reproduction, demonstrating how men’s sexual self-identity was tied to their health. Charting genitourinary conditions across the life cycle, the book illustrates how fertility and potency were key to medical understandings of men’s health. Men utilized networks of care to help them with ostensibly embarrassing and shameful conditions like hernias, venereal disease, bladder stones, and testicular injuries. The book thus offers a historical voice to modern calls for men to be alert to, and open about, their own bodily health.

Today we are pulled in so many directions from our work, family and our financial commitments, obligations and responsibilities. Many of us are fed up with the daily grind, struggling with the same pressure, worries and anxiety. Feeling overwhelmed, trapped, out of balance, lost and unfulfilled. Finding it difficult to relax with our monkey mind constantly on the go. We feel tension in our bodies, with headaches, neck/shoulder/back pain, digestive issues, high blood pressure, disturbed sleep patterns, some of the many physical symptoms of stress. We lose patience with ourselves, partners, children, family, as well as people we interact with. Quick to lose our temper, feeling angry, or frustrated, we are emotional and sometimes unstable feeling out of control. Our inner critic can take over our lives, holding us in a place of fear and doubt. We worry about what other people think, we doubt our abilities, as an employee or boss, a parent or partner. We lose hours on social media comparing ourselves, we think we aren't good enough, smart enough, popular enough, good looking or pretty enough. We lack self-esteem and feel unworthy. We think happiness and freedom is something in the future, "when I am promoted or receive a pay rise, when this project is over, when I work for a different company, when I have a relationship or when I am married, when I have children, when the children are older, when I own my own home, when I can afford a new car" and so it goes on and on. We all want a life of happiness with less stress, with more money and freedom. We want balance and to feel fulfilled. We want more time to enjoy things we love doing. You may not know what you love to do, as you have become so good at pleasing everyone else you have forgotten what you enjoy doing, or maybe you feel selfish or guilty doing something for yourself. You may not believe it's possible or know how, or where to begin. With this book, you will gain insight into how your current life came into being. Why you have repeated negative thoughts, emotions and behaviours and how they affect your life. More importantly how you can live a life of flow, freedom and happiness and what can be done to release negative patterns, triggers and overcome self-doubt and fear. You will find powerful, practical tools and techniques proven to eliminate stress and feeling overwhelmed. Stop worry in its tracks, as well as help, soothe away anxiety, within minutes. You will learn about the ARCS proven method which takes you from stress and struggle to freedom, flow and happiness, within your current reality. How to shift and transform your life now, and live your joyful life. The author, Jennifer Evans, like most, has overcome many challenges in life, including low self-esteem, broken marriages and relationships. She has changed and rebuilt her life more times than she can remember. She has created her joyful life and continues to create more flow and happiness, with her partner Dominic, living on the south coast of England. It is her passion and privilege to inspire and empower others to do the same. Jennifer brings over 15 years of experience and extensive knowledge and skill set, from various roles including Training Consultant and Coach, teaching and designing programs and workshops. Including Team Building, Leadership and Interpersonal Skills, within companies like Siemens Plc and Sony Europe. Founder and creator of her business, ZenJen. She is a Transformational Coach, Author, Public Speaker and Reiki Master. She has been mentored by some of the World's Leading Experts, Authors and Spiritual Masters, for Transformational growth. With 10 years of experience assisting clients with their well-being and transformation, providing coaching, workshops and holistic therapies.

An investigation into aphrodisiacs challenges pre-conceived ideas about sexuality during this period. It was common knowledge in early modern England that sexual desire was malleable, and could be increased or decreased by a range of foods - including artichokes, oysters and parsnips. This book argues that these aphrodisiacs wereused not simply for sexual pleasure, but, more importantly, to enhance fertility and reproductive success; and that at that time sexual desire and pleasure were felt to be far more intimately connected to conception and fertilitythan is the case today. It draws on a range of sources to show how, from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, aphrodisiacs were recommended for the treatment of infertility, and how men and women utilised them to regulate their fertility. Via themes such as gender, witchcraft and domestic medical practice, it shows that aphrodisiacs were more than just sexual curiosities - they were medicines which operated in a number of different ways unfamiliar now, and their use illuminates popular understandings of sex and reproduction in this period. Dr Jennifer Evans is a Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Hertfordshire.

Maladies and Medicine offers a lively exploration of health and medical cures in early modern England. The introduction sets out the background in which the body was understood, covering the theory of the four humours and the ways that male and female bodies were conceptualised. It also explains the hierarchy of healers from university trained physicians, to the itinerant women healers who travelled the country offering cures based on inherited knowledge of homemade remedies. It covers the print explosion of medical health guides, which began to appear in the sixteenth century from more academic medical text books to cheap almanacs. The book has twenty chapters covering attitudes towards, and explanations of some of, the most common diseases and medical conditions in the period and the ways people understood them, along with the steps people took to get better. It explores the body from head to toe, from migraines to gout. It was an era when tooth cavities were thought to be caused by tiny worms and smallpox by an inflammation of the blood, and cures ranged from herbal potions, cooling cordials, blistering the skin, and of course letting blood. Case studies and personal anecdotes taken from doctors notes, personal journals, diaries, letters and even court records show the reactions of individuals to their illnesses and treatments, bringing the reader into close proximity with people who lived around 400 years ago. This fascinating and richly illustrated study will appeal to anyone curious about the history of the body and the way our ancestors lived.

An investigation into aphrodisiacs challenges pre-conceived ideas about sexuality during this period. It was common knowledge in early modern England that sexual desire was malleable, and could be increased or decreased by a range of foods - including artichokes, oysters and parsnips. This book argues that these aphrodisiacs wereused not simply for sexual pleasure, but, more importantly, to enhance fertility and reproductive success; and that at that time sexual desire and pleasure were felt to be far more intimately connected to conception and fertilitythan is the case today. It draws on a range of sources to show how, from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, aphrodisiacs were recommended for the treatment of infertility, and how men and women utilised them to regulate their fertility. Via themes such as gender, witchcraft and domestic medical practice, it shows that aphrodisiacs were more than just sexual curiosities - they were medicines which operated in a number of different ways unfamiliar now, and their use illuminates popular understandings of sex and reproduction in this period. Dr Jennifer Evans is a Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Hertfordshire.

'This guide will serve well as a handbook for undergraduate psychology students working on senior projects or theses. Clear, concise, and well organized, the book instructs the student from the beginning of the project to the final draft and offers advice both specific and general' - Choice Anxious about your final year Psychology Project? Having trouble getting started? Your Psychology Project clearly maps out all the requirements of a project in psychology. The definitive survival manual, it guides students through every aspect of a psychology project from conception of an idea, to writing up the final draft. It helps students think through the whole research process by bridging the relationship between the research question, the design, and the use of statistical and qualitative analyses. By using clear practical examples this book provides an invaluable insight into applying theory to practice and equips students with the knowledge, skills and abilty to carry out and write up their thesis project. Written in a clear and engaging manner Your Psychology Project is essential reading for all students undertaking a psychology research project.

'This guide will serve well as a handbook for undergraduate psychology students working on senior projects or theses. Clear, concise, and well organized, the book instructs the student from the beginning of the project to the final draft and offers advice both specific and general' - Choice Anxious about your final year Psychology Project? Having trouble getting started? Your Psychology Project clearly maps out all the requirements of a project in psychology. The definitive survival manual, it guides students through every aspect of a psychology project from conception of an idea, to writing up the final draft. It helps students think through the whole research process by bridging the relationship between the research question, the design, and the use of statistical and qualitative analyses. By using clear practical examples this book provides an invaluable insight into applying theory to practice and equips students with the knowledge, skills and abilty to carry out and write up their thesis project. Written in a clear and engaging manner Your Psychology Project is essential reading for all students undertaking a psychology research project.

The reorganisation of the education system within Britain has vastly increased the managerial responsibilities of those working in schools, although the staff generally have received little management training. In this book, the various issues related to management are teased out and a selection of ideas and pragmatic solutions informing good practice are examined.

The reorganisation of the education system within Britain has vastly increased the managerial responsibilities of those working in schools, although the staff generally have received little management training. In this book, the various issues related to management are teased out and a selection of ideas and pragmatic solutions informing good practice are examined.