Originally published in 1990, Medicine at the Courts of Europe 1500-1837 is a collection of essays examining the whole range of medical activities in a variety of European courts, from Rome of the Borgias to the Russia of Catherine the Great. It documents the diverse influences of custom, wealth, religion and royal intervention, along with foreign innovation, popular literary satire and matters of litigation which so changed the face of court medicine over three centuries. By looking at court medical practitioners in such a ...
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Originally published in 1990, Medicine at the Courts of Europe 1500-1837 is a collection of essays examining the whole range of medical activities in a variety of European courts, from Rome of the Borgias to the Russia of Catherine the Great. It documents the diverse influences of custom, wealth, religion and royal intervention, along with foreign innovation, popular literary satire and matters of litigation which so changed the face of court medicine over three centuries. By looking at court medical practitioners in such a wide chronological, geographic and thematic context, these essays provide many new insights for all those interested in the history of medicine, society and politics from the sixteenth century to the early nineteenth century.
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Add this copy of Medicine Courts of Europe (the Wellcome Institute to cart. $16.23, very good condition, Sold by Reuseabook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1990 by Routledge.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 0415022649.
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VG-(Outer spine of dj has faded or aged slightly; otherwise quite clean. ) Black buckram, gilt letters on spine, reddish-brown decorated dust jacket, 301 pp. A collection of 9 essays on the subject. "Documents the diverse influences of custom, wealth, religion and royal intervention, along with foreign innovation, popular literary satire and matters of litigation which so changed the face of court medicine over three centuries. By looking, for the first time, at court medical practitioners in such a wide chronological, geographical and thematic context, these essays provide many new insights for all those interested n the history of medicine, society and politics from the sixteenth century to the early nineteenth century." (dj) Contributors are: Werner Friedrich Kummel, Richard Palmer, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Bruce T. Moran, Laurence Brockliss, Johanna Geyer-Kordesch, J. T. Alexander, Colin Jones, and W. F. Bynum.