Knowledge and practice in early modern English medicine, 1550-1680 /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2000.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=74146 |
Table of Contents:
- Setting the scene
- Remedies
- Diseases
- Preventive medicine: healthy lifestyles and healthy environments
- Surgery: the hand work of medicine
- Plague and medical knowledge
- The prevention and cure of the plague
- Conflict and revolution in medicine: the Helmontians
- The failure of the Helmontian revolution in practical medicine
- Changes and continuities.