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The Popularization of Medicine (Hardcover)
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The Popularization of Medicine (Hardcover)
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In the early modern centuries disease was rampant, medicine had few
powerful weapons in its armoury, and the provision of professional
medical care was patchy. Under such circumstances it is no surprise
that a body of popularised medical writings appeared, aiming to
explain how ordinary people could best take care of their own
health, in the absence of, or by way of supplement to, professional
medical care. Often written by doctors, such books gave simple
advice for home treatments, while commonly warning of the dangers
of magic, quackery, old wive's tales and faith healing. "The
Popularization of Medicine" explores the rise of this form of
people's medicine, from the early days of printing to the Victorian
age, focusing upon the different experiences of Britain and France,
more marginal European nations like Spain and Hungary, and upon
North America. It assesses the wider social and cultural history
contexts of the tradition: its religious rationales in radical
Protestantism, conflicts between elite and popular culture,
challenges to medical monopoly, and the spread of medical hegemony.
This book should be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates,
academics and researchers con
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