Andrew Wear

Knowledge and Practice in English Medicine, 1550-1680

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A major synthesis of the knowledge and practice of early modern English medicine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 814g
• ISBN-13: 9780521558273
• ISBN-10: 0521558271
• Artikelnr.: 22222609

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Setting the scene
2. Remedies
3. Diseases
4. Preventive medicine: healthy lifestyles and healthy environments
5. Surgery: the handwork of medicine
6. Plague and medical knowledge
7. The prevention and cure of plague
8. Conflict and revolution in medicine
9. The failure of the Helmontian revolution in the practice of medicine
10. Changes and continuities.