Hall's Croft
To begin with you could learn about the wacky cures of an Elizabethan doctor!
Be in awe of the very furniture used by Dr. Hall and Susanna !
Moreover you should consider the fact that Hall's Croft is located in the central hub of Shakespeare's areas of interest, it is just three-four minutes walk from:
History of Hall's Croft
The thoughts of an Elizabethan doctor...
He had many wacky cures for illnesses, he defined an illness as a failure in one of the four components of the body.
Wacky Cures:
1. Frogspawn was used to cure nosebleeds!
2. The bark of a willow tree was used to cure a headache!
3. Cobwebs were wrapped around cuts!
4. Herbal remedies were used widely!
5. A bath filled with mercury was supposed to cure, but it made people even more ill!
The House of Dr. Hall
As Dr. Hall was a physician he was incredibly rich.
His house reflected this in several ways:
Be in awe of the very furniture used by Dr. Hall and Susanna !
Moreover you should consider the fact that Hall's Croft is located in the central hub of Shakespeare's areas of interest, it is just three-four minutes walk from:
- New Place
- Nash's House
- Stratford Grammar School
- Holy Trinity Church
History of Hall's Croft
- Dr. John Hall married Susanna in 1607
- In 1608 Elizabeth was born
- When William Shakespeare died Susanna and John were left New Place.
- John Hall died aged 62 in 1635
- Susanna died aged 66 in 1649
- Elizabeth (their daughter) died aged 62 in 1670
The thoughts of an Elizabethan doctor...
- Doctor Hall based all his thoughts about the body on an incorrect idea
- An Elizabethan doctor thought thought that the body was made up of four humours : Blood, yellow bile, black bile and phelgm.
He had many wacky cures for illnesses, he defined an illness as a failure in one of the four components of the body.
Wacky Cures:
1. Frogspawn was used to cure nosebleeds!
2. The bark of a willow tree was used to cure a headache!
3. Cobwebs were wrapped around cuts!
4. Herbal remedies were used widely!
5. A bath filled with mercury was supposed to cure, but it made people even more ill!
The House of Dr. Hall
As Dr. Hall was a physician he was incredibly rich.
His house reflected this in several ways:
- The ceiling is remarkably high, in Elizabethan times this showed wealth.
- The windows are made of glass - again this was a rarity
- They had many paintings such as the one below.