Knowledge and practice in early modern English medicine, 1550-1680:
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1. Verfasser: Wear, A., (Andrew) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Cambridge University Press ©2000
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Beschreibung:Paralleltitel: Knowledge & practice in English medicine, 1550-1680
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
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 preventive medicine and on healthy living, and how and why surgeons worked on the body. In particular, two of the most high-profile diseases of the age--the pox and the plague--are discussed in detail, and their treatment analyzed
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 496 pages)
ISBN:0511017618
0511116292
0511612761
0521552265
0521558271
9780511017612
9780511116292
9780511612763
9780521552264
9780521558273

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