Knowledge and practice in English medicine, 1550-1680

Knowledge and practice in English medicine, 1550-1680 / Andrew Wear.

This is a major synthesis of the knowledge and practice of early modern English medicine set in its social and cultural contexts. The book vividly maps out some central areas such as remedies (and how they were made credible) and how and why surgeons worked upon the body.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wear, A. (Andrew), 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
1500-1699
Medicine > England > History > 17th century.
Medicine > England > History > 16th century.
Medicine
England
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Setting the scene; CHAPTER 2 Remedies; CHAPTER 3 Diseases; CHAPTER 4 Preventive medicine: healthy lifestyles and healthy environments; CHAPTER 5 Surgery: the hand work of medicine; CHAPTER 6 Plague and medical knowledge; CHAPTER 7 The prevention and cure of the plague; CHAPTER 8 Conflict and revolution in medicine
  • the Helmontians; CHAPTER 9 The failure of the Helmontian revolution in practical medicine; CHAPTER 10 Changes and continuities; Index.

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