Cambridge University Press Knowledge and Practice in English Medicine 1550-1680, ANGIELSKI
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KnowledgeandPracticeinEnglishMedicine,1550±1680
Thisisamajorsynthesisoftheknowledgeandpracticeofearly
modernEnglishmedicineintheirsocialandculturalcontexts.
Thebookmapsoutvividlysomecentralareas:remedies(and
howtheyweremadecredible),notionsofdisease,adviceon
preventivemedicineandonhealthyliving,howsurgeons
workeduponthebodyandtheirunderstandingofwhatthey
weredoing,andthepreventionandtreatmentofplague.
Thestructuresofpracticeandknowledgeexaminedinthe
®rstpartofthebookcametobechallengedinthelater
seventeenthcentury,whenthe`newscience'begantooverturn
thefoundationofestablishedknowledge.However,asthe
secondpartofthebookshows,traditionalmedicalpracticewas
sowellentrenchedinEnglishculturethatmuchofitcontinued
intotheeighteenthcentury.Variouschangeswhichsetthe
agendaforlatermedicaltreatmentdid,however,occur,and
thesearediscussedinthe®nalchapter.
andrewwearisSeniorLecturerintheHistoryofMedicine,
UniversityCollegeLondonandtheWellcomeInstituteforthe
HistoryofMedicine.HewaseditorofMedicineinSociety:
HistoricalEssays(1992)andjointauthorofTheWesternMedical
Tradition(1995),andavolumeofhiscollectedessayshasbeen
publishedunderthetitleHealthandHealinginEarlyModern
England(1998).
KnowledgeandPracticein
EnglishMedicine,1550±1680
ANDREWWEAR
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Inmemoryofmygrandfather
SpiridonA.Malaspina
1890±1983
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