The notorious astrological physician of London: works and days of Simon Forman
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1. Verfasser: Traister, Barbara Howard (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press ©2001
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-241) and index
List of Illustrations; Introduction; One: A Self-Conscious Life; Two: Medical Theories: A Physician Evolves; Three: Forman's London Practice; Four: Troubles with the College of Physicians; Five: Forman's Occultism; Six: Forman and His Books; Seven: Forman in Society; Eight: Forman and Public Events; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Quack, conjurer, sex fiend, murderer--Simon Forman has been called all these things, and worse, ever since he was implicated (two years after his death) in the Overbury poisoning scandal that rocked the court of King James. But as Barbara Traister shows in this fascinating book, Forman's own unpublished manuscripts--considered here in their entirety for the first time--paint a quite different picture of the works and days of this notorious astrological physician of London
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 250 pages)
ISBN:0226811409
0226811425
9780226811406
9780226811420

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