Lindemann, Mary.
Medicine and society in early modern Europe - 2nd ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xii, 300 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - New approaches to European history . - New approaches to European history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Sickness and health -- 2. Plagues and peoples -- 3. Learned medicine -- 4. Learning to heal -- 5. Hospitals and asylums -- 6. Health and society -- 7. Healing -- Conclusion.
"Medicine and Society in Early Modern Europe offers students a concise introduction to health and healing in Europe from 1500 to 1800. Bringing together the best recent research in the field, Mary Lindemann examines medicine from a social and cultural perspective, rather than a narrowly scientific one. Drawing on medical anthropology, sociology and ethics as well as cultural and social history, she focuses on the experience of illness and on patients and folk healers as much as on the rise of medical science, doctors and hospitals. This second edition has been updated and revised throughout in content, style, and interpretations and new material has been added, in particular, on colonialism, exploration and women. Accessibly written and full of fascinating insights, this will be essential reading for all students of the history of medicine and will provide invaluable context for students of early modern Europe more generally"--Provided by publisher.
9780521425926 (hardback) 0521425921 (hardback) 9780521732567 (pbk.) 0521732565 (pbk.)
2010006551
GBB046074 bnb GBB046087 bnb
101524355 DNLM 015522247 Uk 015522260 Uk
Social medicine--History.--Europe
Medicine
Medical care
History of Medicine
History, 16th Century
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
Public Health
Social Medicine
RA418.3.E85 / L55 2010
306.461
2010 J-673 WZ 70 GA1 / L743m 2010
Medicine and society in early modern Europe - 2nd ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xii, 300 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - New approaches to European history . - New approaches to European history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Sickness and health -- 2. Plagues and peoples -- 3. Learned medicine -- 4. Learning to heal -- 5. Hospitals and asylums -- 6. Health and society -- 7. Healing -- Conclusion.
"Medicine and Society in Early Modern Europe offers students a concise introduction to health and healing in Europe from 1500 to 1800. Bringing together the best recent research in the field, Mary Lindemann examines medicine from a social and cultural perspective, rather than a narrowly scientific one. Drawing on medical anthropology, sociology and ethics as well as cultural and social history, she focuses on the experience of illness and on patients and folk healers as much as on the rise of medical science, doctors and hospitals. This second edition has been updated and revised throughout in content, style, and interpretations and new material has been added, in particular, on colonialism, exploration and women. Accessibly written and full of fascinating insights, this will be essential reading for all students of the history of medicine and will provide invaluable context for students of early modern Europe more generally"--Provided by publisher.
9780521425926 (hardback) 0521425921 (hardback) 9780521732567 (pbk.) 0521732565 (pbk.)
2010006551
GBB046074 bnb GBB046087 bnb
101524355 DNLM 015522247 Uk 015522260 Uk
Social medicine--History.--Europe
Medicine
Medical care
History of Medicine
History, 16th Century
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
Public Health
Social Medicine
RA418.3.E85 / L55 2010
306.461
2010 J-673 WZ 70 GA1 / L743m 2010