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Medicine and Society in Later Medieval England

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Medicine and Society in Later Medieval England - Rawcliffe, Carole
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From a social context and using contemporary sources, this text explains how the medical profession (physicians, surgeons and apothecaries) developed and functioned in late medieval England. Against a backdrop of high morality, widespread disease and persistent problems of public health, it considers what alternatives were available to the patient, from society doctors to wise women, quacks and hospitals for the sick poor. Medical theories and practices of the time are investigated, along with the often satirical and ...

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Medicine and Society in Later Medieval England 1999, Sandpiper Books Ltd, United Kingdom

ISBN-13: 9781840040050

Hardcover

Medicine and Society in Later Medieval England 1998, Alan Sutton Publishing, Stroud

ISBN-13: 9780750914970

Revised edition

Trade paperback

Medicine and Society in Later Medieval England 1995, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Stroud

ISBN-13: 9780862995980

Hardcover