An Autobibliography by John Caius (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Nutton, Vivian

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

John Caius (1510-1573) was an English scholar with an international reputation as a naturalist, historian and medical writer. His Autobibliography has been translated into English for the first time in this book, throwing light on European medicine in the sixteenth century, and the humanistic culture that linked learned men and women across Europe.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351653282
• Artikelnr.: 56890205

Autorenporträt

Vivian Nutton is Professor of the History of Medicine, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, and Emeritus Professor of the History of Medicine, University College London. Among his recent books are a translation of Galen, On Distress (2013), Ancient Medicine, 2ed (2013), and a translation of Johann Guinter and Andreas Vesalius, Principles of Anatomy according to the Opinion of Galen (2017).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Introduction
Preface: The life of John Caius
The scholar and his books
John Caius and Renaissance Galenism
Part II Translation: An Autobibliography
An Autobibliography by John Caius, from Britain, in one book
Appendix I: The lost writings of John Caius
Appendix II: John Caius and religion in early Elizabethan Cambridge
Bibliography
Index