Health, disease and society in Europe, 15001800

Health, disease and society in Europe, 15001800Author: Peter Elmer ISBN: 9780719067372 Publisher: Manchester University Press Year first published: 02 Jan 2004 Pages: 400 Format: Paperback softback 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 persistence of a humoural based view of the body and of illness. As the same time new theories of the body

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providing vivid and detailed accounts of some of the key aspects of medical thought and practice in the period

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