Louise Hill-Curth

English almanacs, astrology and popular medicine, 1550-1700

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume will help to fill a gap in the current understanding of sixteenth and seventeenth century popular medicine. As the most widely produced and distributed form of printed material in early modern England, almanacs had an immense power to propagate and reinforce traditional, orthodox ideas about medical care throughout England.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9780719069291
• ISBN-10: 0719069297
• Artikelnr.: 40212806

Autorenporträt

Louise Hill Curth is Reader in Medical History at the University of Winchester

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements List of abbreviations List of illustrations Preface Part
I: Setting the scene 1. The medical marketplace, print culture and popular
medicine 2. The genre of almanacs 3. 'Students of Astrology and Physick':
the authors 4. 'Courteous Readers': the target audience Part II: Structures
of practice and knowledge 5.Astrology and almanacs 6. Astrological
'physick' and almanacs 6. 'To keep out disease': preventative medicine 7.
'A putting to and a taking away': remedial medicine 8. Nostrums for Sale:
advertising and almanacs 9. 'The Care of the Brute Beast': astrological
medicine for animals Part III: Conclusion Bibliography Index