Ill Composed : Sickness, Gender, and Belief in Early Modern England /

In the first in-depth study of how gender determined perceptions and experiences of illness in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England, Olivia Weisser invites readers into the lives and imaginations of ordinary men and women. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including personal diaries, medica...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weisser, Olivia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Connecticut] ; London : Yale University Press, [2015]
Temas:
1600-1699
Public health > England > History > 17th century.
Diseases > England > History > 17th century.
Medicine > England > History > 17th century.
Public health.
Public Health
Santé publique > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Maladies > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Médecine > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Santé publique.
public health.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Medicine.
Diseases.
England
England.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Curing and Caring for the Early Modern Body
  • 2. Learning How to Be Ill
  • 3. Emotional Causes of Illness
  • 4. Suffering on the Sickbed
  • 5. Perceptions of Pain
  • 6. Illness Narratives by the Poor
  • Conclusions
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Appendixes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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