'A Plaine and Easie Waie to Remedie a Horse' - Equine Medicine in Early Modern England

'A plaine and easie waie to remedie a horse': equine medicine in early modern England is Louise Hill Curth's groundbreaking new book on the health and illness of what were historically the most important domesticated, working animals.

About the author

Louise Hill Curth Ph.D. is Reader in Medical History at the University of Winchester, G.B. She has published extensively on the history of both veterinary and human medicine with her most recent monograph being The Care of Brute Beasts: a social and cultural study of veterinary medicine in early modern England (Brill, 2010).

Product details

• Authors: Louise Hill Curth, Louise Hill Curth
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2013
• EAN: 9789004223943
• ISBN: 978-90-04-22394-3
• No. of pages: 286
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 239 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Series: History of Science and Medicin
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)