Knowledge and practice in early modern English medicine, 1550-1680 / Andrew Wear.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, [(c)2000.]Description: 1 online resource (viii, 496 pages)Content type:- text
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- 0511017618
- 9780511017612
- 0511116292
- 9780511116292
- 9780511612763
- 0511612761
- Knowledge & practice in English medicine, 1550-1680 [Cover title]
- R486
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Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Online Book | G. Allen Fleece Library Online | Non-fiction | R486 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Link to resource | Available | ocm51273538\ |
Includes bibliographies 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.
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