English Almanacs, Astrology and Popular Medicine, 15501700 - Publication Cancelled

Informationen zum Autor Louise Hill Curth is Senior Lecturer in Health Studies at Bath Spa University Klappentext This volume will help to fill a gap in the current understanding of sixteenth and seventeenth century popular medicine. As the most widely produced and distributed form of printed material in early modern England, almanacs had an immense power to propagate and reinforce traditional, orthodox ideas about medical care throughout England. Zusammenfassung This volume will help to fill a gap in the current understanding of sixteenth and seventeenth century popular medicine. As the most widely produced and distributed form of printed material in early modern England! almanacs had an immense power to propagate and reinforce traditional! orthodox ideas about medical care throughout England. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsList of illustrationsPrefacePart I: Setting the scene1. The medical marketplace, print culture and popular medicine 2. The genre of almanacs3. 'Students of Astrology and Physick': the authors4. 'Courteous Readers': the target audiencePart II: Structures of practice and knowledge5.Astrology and almanacs6. Astrological 'physick' and almanacs6. 'To keep out disease': preventative medicine7. 'A putting to and a taking away': remedial medicine8. Nostrums for Sale: advertising and almanacs9. 'The Care of the Brute Beast': astrological medicine for animalsPart III: ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Louise Hill Curth, Louise Hill Curth, Louise Hill-Curth
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.12.2013
• EAN: 9780719069291
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-6929-1
• Seiten: 296
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Traditional medicine and herbal remedies, Traditional medicine & herbal remedies, Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies