Knowledge and practice in early modern English medicine, 1550-1680 /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wear, A. (Andrew), 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
1500-1699
Medicine > England > History > 17th century.
Medicine > England > History > 16th century.
History, Early Modern 1451-1600
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Médecine > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Médecine > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
MEDICAL > History.
Medicine.
Medizin
England.
England
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Setting the scene
  • Remedies
  • Diseases
  • Preventive medicine: healthy lifestyles and healthy environments
  • Surgery: the hand work of medicine
  • Plague and medical knowledge
  • The prevention and cure of the plague
  • Conflict and revolution in medicine: the Helmontians
  • The failure of the Helmontian revolution in practical medicine
  • Changes and continuities.

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