Knowledge and Practice in English Medicine, 1550-1680 by Andrew Wear
English | 16 Nov. 2000 | ISBN: 0521552265, 0521558271 | 530 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | 16 Nov. 2000 | ISBN: 0521552265, 0521558271 | 530 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
This is a major synthesis of the knowledge and practice of early modern English medicine in its social and cultural contexts. The book vividly maps out some central areas: remedies (and how they were made credible), notions of disease, advice on preventive medicine and on healthy living, and how surgeons worked upon the body and their understanding of what they were doing.