Sally Mapp

Sally Mapp
1819 etching of Mapp by George Cruikshank. Mapp holds a bone in reference to her career as a bonesetter.
Born
Sally Wallin

Wiltshire, England
Baptised1706
Died1737 (1738)
Seven Dials, London, England
NationalityEnglish
Other namesCrazy Sally
Occupationbonesetter
Spouse
Hill Mapp
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(m. 1736⁠–⁠1736)​
Parents
  • John Wallin (father)
  • Jenny Wallin (mother)
FamilyLavinia Fenton (sister)

Sarah "Crazy Sally" Mapp (baptised 1706 – 1737) was an English lay bonesetter, who gained fame both by performing impressive bone-setting acts in Epsom and London, and by being a woman in a male-dominated profession.[1] Bone-setting was a medical practice used to manipulate and fix musculoskeletal injuries using manual force.[2] Mapp grew up in Wiltshire, England, and learned about the practice from her father, who was also a bone-setter.[3] She frequently fixed horse racing injuries, but her most famous case was fixing the spinal deformity of Sir Hans Sloane's niece.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Epsom And Ewell was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Heery, Michael (2010). "Neglected practitioners: the bonesetters of early modern England" (PDF). The Local Historian. 40: 126–136.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ADWright was invoked but never defined (see the help page).