The Popularization of Medicine
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0415514878
ISBN-13
9780415514873
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 11th, 2011
Print length
308 Pages
Weight
394 grams
Dimensions
13.80 x 21.60 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700History of medicine
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Explores the rise of popularized medical writings which gave simple advice for home treatments, charting the rise from the Victorian age and focusing on the different experiences of Britain, the Continent and North America.
In the early modern centuries a body of popularized medical writings appeared, telling ordinary people how they could best take care of their own health. Often written be doctors, such books gave simple advice for home treatments, while commonly warning of the dangers of magic, quackery, old wive''s tales and faith-healing. The Popularization of Medicine explores the rise of this form of people''s medicine, from the early days of printing to the Victorian age, focusing on the different experiences of Britain, the Continent and North America.
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