Cultural Approaches to the History of Medicine - Mediating Medicine in Early Modern and Modern Europe (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)

A pioneering contribution to the cultural history of medicine exploring issues as diverse as dissection of the heart, childbirth, masturbation, animal care, hermaphrodites, orthopedics, "miracle" drugs, smallpox and sex advice in different European cultures from the 1600s to the present day. Each case study illustrates various roles of mediation; reconciling conflicting ideas in the medical encounter; as an instrument of domination, or conversely, of resistance. Roy Porter's brilliant foreword conveys the methodological significance as well as the pleasure of these essays.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2003
First published:	2004
Editors:	C. Usborne • W. Blecourt
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	241
Edition:	2004 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-1569-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-4039-1569-5
Barcode:	9781403915696

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