Health, Disease and Society in Europe, 1500-1800 - A Source Book (Paperback, Revised)

The period from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment constitutes a vital phase in the history of European medicine. Elements of continuity with the classical and medieval past are evident in the ongoing importance of a humor-based view of medicine and the treatment of illness. At the same time, new theories of the body emerged in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to challenge established ideas in medical circles. In recent years, scholars have explored this terrain with increasingly fascinating results, often revising our previous understanding of the ways in which early modern Europeans discussed the body, health and disease. In order to understand these and related processes, historians are increasingly aware of the way in which every aspect of medical care and provision in early modern Europe was shaped by the social, religious, political and cultural concerns of the age.

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2003
First published:	2003
Editors:	Peter Elmer (Senior Lecturer in History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Open University) • Ole Peter Grell (Lecturer in Early Modern History)
Index compiled by:	Isobel McLean
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	400
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-6737-2
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-7190-6737-5
Barcode:	9780719067372

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