Robert Weston

Medical Consulting by Letter in France, 1665-1789 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Ailing seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French men and women, members of their families, or their local physician or surgeon, could write to high profile physicians and surgeons seeking expert medical advice. This study, the first full-length examination of the practice of consulting by letter, provides a cohesive portrayal of some of the widespread ailments of French society in the latter part of the early modern period. It makes a unique contribution to the history of medicine, as no other study has been undertaken in the consulting by letter of surgeons, as opposed to physicians.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317098409
• Artikelnr.: 44991256

Autorenporträt

Robert Weston is Honorary Research Fellow at The University of Western Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Part I Contexts: Textual, Professional and Social: Correspondence: practices and context
The dynamic medical marketplace
Relationships between medical correspondents
Knowledge, status and power: negotiating authority. Part II Body, Health and Illness: University medical knowledge in epistolary practice
Patients' perceptions of the body, health and illness
The deployment of therapies
From complaint to cure
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.