Lauren Kassell

Medicine and Magic in Elizabethan London

Simon Forman

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Simon Forman (1552-1611) is one of London's most infamous astrologers. Whilst he was consulted thousands of times a year for medical and other questions he stood apart from the medical elite as he boldly asserted medical ideas that were at odds with most learned physicians. In this fascinating book, Lauren Kassell vividly recovers the world of medicine and magic in Elizabethan London.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 459g
• ISBN-13: 9780199215270
• ISBN-10: 0199215278
• Artikelnr.: 21326247

Autorenporträt

Lauren Kassell, University Lecturer, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Pembroke College

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1: The Making of an Astrologer Physician
1: Early Life and Learning
2: Astronomy, Magic, and the Mathematical Practitioners of London
3: How to Write Like a Magus
Part 2: Plague and the College of Physicians of London
4: The College of Physicians and Irregular Medicine c.1580-1640
5: Plague and Paracelsianism
Part 3: The Casebooks
6: How to Read the Casebooks
7: Gender, Authority, and Astrology
Part 4: Alchemy, Magic, and Medicine
8: 'Of Cako', or the Medical Uses of Antimony
9: The Food of Angels
10: Magic and Medicine
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index