Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • pt. 1. History in medical literature. Preface to part 1. A diagnosis from history
  • 1. Bodies past
  • 2. History and histories in medical texts
  • 3. Life writing and disciplinary history
  • pt. 2. Physicians, civil history, and antiquarianism. Preface to part 2. Rival physician historians of the Italian wars
  • 4. Milan : problems of exemplarity in medicine and history
  • 5. Rome : medicine, histories, antiquities, and public health
  • 6. Vienna : physician historians and antiquaries in court and university
  • 7. Beyond Europe
  • Conclusion : Medicine, history, and the changing face of scientific knowledge.