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Spaces, Objects and Identities in Early Modern Italian Medicine (Renaissance Studies Special Issues)

By Sandra Cavallo , David Gentilcore

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2008
ISBN
1405180404, 9781405180405
LCC
R517 .S73 2008
Open Library ID
OL24058245M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
758 kB (776288 bytes)
Pages
130\130
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This collection, by an international team of scholars, presents exciting research currently being undertaken on early modern Italy which questions the conventional boundaries of medical history.Brings together historians of medicine and scholars of different backgrounds who are re-visiting the field from new perspectives and with the support of innovative questions and unexplored sourcesExplores crucial areas of intersection between the territory of medicine and that of law, politics, religion, art and material culture and highlights the connections between these apparently separate fieldsChallenges our understanding of what we regard as medical activities, medical identities, spaces and objectsAddresses the study of medical careers, medical identities and spaces where medical activities were performed e.g. apothecary shops, courtrooms, convents and museums

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