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The Healing Arts: Health, Disease and Society in Europe 1500-1800

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The Healing Arts: Health, Disease and Society in Europe 1500-1800 - Elmer, Peter, Mr. (Editor)
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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 humor-based view of the body and of illness. At the same time new theories of the body emerged to challenge established ideas in medical circles. In recent years, scholars have explored this terrain with increasingly fascinating results, often revising our previous understanding of issues relating to the way in ...

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The Healing Arts: Health, Disease and Society in Europe 1500-1800 2004, Manchester University Press

ISBN-13: 9780719067341

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