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Knowledge and practice in early modern English medicine, 1550-1680 /
Annotation This is a major synthesis of the knowledge and practice of early modern English medicine, as expressed in vernacular texts set in their social and cultural contexts. The book vividly maps out some central areas: remedies (and how they were made credible), notions of disease, advice on pre...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Annotation This is a major synthesis of the knowledge and practice of early modern English medicine, as expressed in vernacular texts set in their social and cultural contexts. The book vividly maps out some central areas: remedies (and how they were made credible), notions of disease, advice on preventive medicine and on healthy living, and how and why surgeons worked on the body. In particular, two of the most high-profile diseases of the age--the pox and the plague--are discussed in detail, and their treatment analyzed. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 496 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511017618 9780511017612 0511116292 9780511116292 9780511612763 0511612761 1107112796 9781107112797 1280151943 9781280151941 9786610151943 6610151946 0511153759 9780511153754 0511328052 9780511328053 0511053266 9780511053269 |