We have seen in the Book of Medicine already that times were very different 100 years ago.  The infant mortality rate was much much higher and life expectancy was much lower as well.

As such people had a much different perspective.  They often distanced their emotions just a bit from their children.  Furthermore, their concerns for the hereafter were much more immediate.  Middle age today was much older today than middle age 100 years ago.  This may have been part of the reason why people had a more pious view on life.

They lost their loved ones more often and sooner in life.

They worked to build up big families so that the family could continue to survive.  We often limit family size for economic reasons.  We buy life insurance from companies like our sponsor, Globe Insurance.  They kept family grave plots.

Things were much different back then and we will explore these even more as we move past the anatomy section of the Book of Medicine and get it to the prognosis and care of many of the ailments that were common 100 years ago.