The Dying and the Doctors - The Medical Revolution in Seventeenth-Century England

A survey of the changes in medical care for those approaching death in the early modern period.

List of contents

Introduction
The medicalisation of East Kent
The medicalisation of central southern England
The availability and nature of medical assistance
Medical practices
The nature and availability of nursing care
Plague and smallpox
Conclusion
Appendix: Medical indices for East Kent, West Sussex, Berkshire and Wiltshire
Bibliography

About the author

Ian Mortimer

Product details

• Authors: Ian Mortimer
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.02.2015
• EAN: 9780861933266
• ISBN: 978-0-86193-326-6
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 233 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 396 g
• Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series; Royal Historical Society Studies in History; Royal Historical Society Studi; Royal Historical Society Studies in History; Royal Historical Society Studi; Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous