Medicine Before Science: The Business of Medicine from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment
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This book is an introduction to the history of university-trained physicians from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. While considered elite (in reputation and rewards) and successful, we know little of their clinical effectiveness. To modern eyes their theory and practice often seems bizarre. But historical evidence reveals that they were judged on other criteria, and this book asserts that these physicians helped to construct...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521007615
ISBN13:9780521007610
Release Date:March 2003
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:296 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 8.8"
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