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Plague and public health in early modern Seville /
This study of sixteenth-century Seville offers a new perspective on how early modern cities adapted to living with repeated epidemics of plague. Rejecting a crisis framework in favor of one of balance, it argues that city officials worked with medical professionals to successfully monitor and respon...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Rochester, NY :
University of Rochester Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Rochester studies in medical history ;
v. 26, |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This study of sixteenth-century Seville offers a new perspective on how early modern cities adapted to living with repeated epidemics of plague. Rejecting a crisis framework in favor of one of balance, it argues that city officials worked with medical professionals to successfully monitor and respond to epidemics in such a way that residents willingly cooperated with the system. In so doing, they found ways to balance the often conflicting medical and economic interests of city residents, the varied medical beliefs of physicians, and the overlapping power structures of municipal and royal gove. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 139 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781580468015 1580468012 |
| ISSN: | 1526-2715 ; |