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'A cheap, safe and natural medicine' : religion, medicine and culture in John Wesley's Primitive physic /
John Wesley?s Primitive Physic (1747) achieved twenty-three editions in his lifetime, ensuring its popular? and controversial? status in eighteenth-century medicine. This is the first full-length study to examine the theological, intellectual and cultural background to one of the period?s most succe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
2007.
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| Colección: | Wellcome series in the history of medicine.
Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 83. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 'A CHEAP, SAFE AND NATURAL MEDICINE' RELIGION, MEDICINE AND CULTURE IN JOHN WESLEY'S PRIMITIVE PHYSIC; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I THE MEDICAL HOLISM OF PRIMITIVE PHYSIC; 1. Introduction: Primitive Physic Explain'd in an Easy and Natural Method; 2. John Wesley's Hermeneutics of Primitive Christianity and Practical Piety; 3. Experience and the Common Interest of Mankind: Physic, an Art or Science in Eighteenth-Century England?; 4. Preserving Health, or a Few Plain and Easy Rules; PART II PRIMITIVE PHYSIC: 'A COLLECTION OF RECEIPTS'
- 5. Primitive Physic: Cheap, Safe and Natural Medicine for Health and Long Life6. Conclusion: The Search for Pristine Purity; Bibliography; Index.