"An Excelent Good Remedi": Medical Recipes as Ethos-Building Tactical Technical Communication in Early Modern England. Issue 4 (2nd October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stambler, Danielle Mollie
• Is Part Of: Technical communication quarterly. Volume 31:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: 311
• Page End: 325
• Publication Date: 2022-10-02
• Subjects: Ethos -- history of technical and professional communication -- health/medical communication -- tactical technical communication; Technical writing -- Periodicals; Technical writing -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 808.0666
• DOI: 10.1080/10572252.2021.2021451
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1057-2252

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article examines how nonprofessionals in early modern England used tactical technical communication and rhetorical strategies to build medical knowledge and healthcare expertise. Using a feminist ethos and tactical technical communication lens, this article details a content analysis study of 4, 045 handwritten medical recipes from England dated between 1540 and 1860. Findings from the study extend tactical technical communication by examining non-digital/non-internet spaces and how extra-institutional nonprofessionals build ethos and expertise.