Ireland and medicine in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: [papers presented to a Symposium on Ireland and Medicine in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries ... Belfast on 25 and 26 April 2008]

"The story of early modern medicine, with its extremes of scientific brilliance and barbaric practice, has long held a fascination for scholars. The great discoveries of Harvey and Jenner sit incongruously with the persistence of Galenic theory, superstition and blood-letting. Yet despite conti...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham [u.a.] Ashgate 2010
Schriftenreihe:The history of medicine in context
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Zusammenfassung:"The story of early modern medicine, with its extremes of scientific brilliance and barbaric practice, has long held a fascination for scholars. The great discoveries of Harvey and Jenner sit incongruously with the persistence of Galenic theory, superstition and blood-letting. Yet despite continued research into the period as a whole, most work has focussed on the metropolitan centres of England, Scotland and France, ignoring the huge range of national and regional practice. This collection aims to go some way to rectifying this situation, providing an exploration of the changes and developments in medicine as practised in Ireland and by Irish physicians studying and working abroad during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Bringing together research undertaken into the neglected area of Irish medical and social history across a variety of disciplines, including history of medicine, Colonial Latin American history, Irish, and French history, it builds upon ground-breaking work recently published by several of the contributors, thereby augmenting our understanding of the role of medicine within early modern Irish society and its broader scientific and intellectual networks."--Publisher's description.
Beschreibung:Includes index
Beschreibung:XIV, 227 S. 24cm
ISBN:9780754665564
0754665569

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