History, medicine, and the traditions of Renaissance learning

✍ Scribed by Siraisi, Nancy G

Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 457
Series: Cultures of knowledge in the early modern world
Edition: First paperback edition
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Introduction -- pt. 1. History in medical literature. Preface to part 1. A diagnosis from history -- 1. Bodies past -- 2. History and histories in medical texts -- 3. Life writing and disciplinary history -- pt. 2. Physicians, civil history, and antiquarianism. Preface to part 2. Rival physician historians of the Italian wars -- 4. Milan : problems of exemplarity in medicine and history -- 5. Rome : medicine, histories, antiquities, and public health -- 6. Vienna : physician historians and antiquaries in court and university -- 7. Beyond Europe -- Conclusion : Medicine, history, and the changing face of scientific knowledge.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction --
pt. 1. History in medical literature. Preface to part 1. A diagnosis from history --
1. Bodies past --
2. History and histories in medical texts --
3. Life writing and disciplinary history --
pt. 2. Physicians, civil history, and antiquarianism. Preface to part 2. Rival physician historians of the Italian wars --
4. Milan : problems of exemplarity in medicine and history --
5. Rome : medicine, histories, antiquities, and public health --
6. Vienna : physician historians and antiquaries in court and university --
7. Beyond Europe --
Conclusion : Medicine, history, and the changing face of scientific knowledge.

✦ Subjects

Historiography;History, Early Modern 1451-1600;History of Medicine;Humanism--history;Medicine;Medicine--History--16th century;Renaissance;Writing--history;History;Medicine -- History -- 16th century;Humanism -- history;Writing -- history

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