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

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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Основен автор: Wear, A. 1946-
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: New York : Cambridge University Press, ℗♭2000.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=74146
Подобни документи: Print version:: Knowledge and practice in early modern English medicine, 1550-1680.
Съдържание:
  • 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.