Cultural Approaches to the History of Medicine: Mediating Medicine in Early Modern and Modern Europe (2004)
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- Synopsis
- A pioneering contribution to the cultural history of medicine exploring issues as diverse as dissection of the heart, childbirth, masturbation, animal care, hermaphrodites, orthopaedics, 'miracle' drugs, smallpox and sex advice in different European cultures from the 1600s to the present day. Each case study illustrates various roles of mediation; reconciling conflicting ideas in the medical encounter; as an instrument of domination, or conversely, of resistance. Roy Porter's brilliant foreword conveys the methodological significance as well as the pleasure of these essays.
- Copyright:
- 2004
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780230287594
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781403915696
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
- Date of Addition:
- 12/10/20
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Science, Social Studies, Medicine
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- C. Usborne
- Edited by:
- W. Blécourt
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