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Health, Disease and Society in Europe, 1500-1800 Vol. 1 : A Source Book by Ole Peter Grell (2003, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherManchester University Press
ISBN-100719067375
ISBN-139780719067372
eBay Product ID (ePID)30537367
Product Key Features
Number of Pages400 Pages
Publication NameHealth, Disease and Society in Europe, 1500-1800 Vol. 1 :A Source Book
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSocial History, Disease & Health Issues, History, Europe / General
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, Medical, History
AuthorOle Peter Grell
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight19.9 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2004-351456
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal610/.94
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Medical practice and theory: The classical and medieval heritage 2. The sick body and its healers, 1500-1700 3. The medical renaissance of the sixteenth century: Vesalius, medical humanism and bloodletting 4. Medicine and religion in sixteenth-century Europe 5. Chemical medicine and the challenge to Galenism: The legacy of Paracelsus 6. Charity, the state and public health in early modern Europe 7. New models of the body, 1600-1800 8. Women and medicine in early modern Europe 9. The care and cure of the insane in early modern Europe 10. War and medicine in early modern Europe 11. Environment, health and population, 1500-1800 12. European medicine in the age of colonialism 13. Medical organisation, training and the medical marketplace in eighteenth-century Europe Index
SynopsisThe 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 persistence of a humoural-based view of the body and of illness. As the same time new theories of the body emerged 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 issues relating to the way 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. This volume contains a comprehensive selection of classical writing and up-to-date research in the field as well as extracts from contemporary sources, providing vivid and detailed accounts of some of the key aspects of medical thought and practice in the period.These are arranged by themes and so complement the companion volume of esssays in "The Healing Arts: Health, Disease ad Society in Europe, 1500-1800". They are also accompanied by brief, scholarly introductions to ensure that they are readily accessible to both the specialist and general reader., The period from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment constitutes a vital phase in the history of European medicine. This volume contains a selection of classical writing and up-to-date research in the field, and extracts from contemporary sources., Considers how the body was viewed by the medical profession from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, and challenges established ideas in the field of medical history. Examines the provision of medical care in context and how it was shaped by the social, religious, political and cultural concerns of the age. Arranged thematically and with brief but scholarly introductions, the selection of documents includes contemporary sources, recent research in the field and classical writings. Written in an accessible style by an Open University lecturer. Companion volume to The Healing Arts: Health, Disease and Society in Europe 1500-1800., Health, disease and society in Europe 1500-1800 considers how the body was viewed by the medical profession from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, and challenges established ideas in the field of medical history. It examines the provision of medical care in context and how it was shaped by the social, religious, political and cultural concerns of the age. Arranged thematically and with accessible but scholarly introductions, the selection of documents includes contemporary sources, recent research in the field and classical writings.
LC Classification NumberR484
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