Lucinda McCray Beier

Sufferers and Healers

The Experience of Illness in Seventeenth-Century England

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Produktbeschreibung

Lucinda McCray Beier's remarkable book, first published in 1987, enters the world of illness in seventeenth-century England, exploring what it was like to be either a sufferer or a healer. This title will be of interest to students of history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781138182639
• ISBN-10: 113818263X
• Artikelnr.: 43550077

Autorenporträt

Lucinda McCray Beier

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction 2. The Medical Marketplace 3. A London Surgeon's Career: Joseph Binns 4. The Physicians Tale 5. Sufferers and Patients: The Diseases of the People 6. Sufferers and Patients: Approaches to Illness 7. In Sickness and in Health: The Josselins' Experience 8. The Character of a Good Woman: Woman and Illness 9. Conclusion: The Experience of Illness
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