Medicine before science : the rational and learned doctor from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment /

This book offers an introduction to the history of university-trained physicians from the middle ages to the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. While to modern eyes their theory and practice often seems bizarre, the historical evidence is they were judged by other criteria and helped to construct the...

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Autor principal: French, R. K. (Roger Kenneth)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2003.
Acceso en línea:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=125078
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  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; PART I Sources; PART II The Latin tradition; PART III The Crisis; Select bibliography; Index.