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Informationen zum Autor Sandra Cavallo is Professor in Early Modern History at Royal Holloway, University of London Klappentext This study of barbers-surgeons and other artisans involved in the care and appearance of the body - jewellers, tailors, wigmakers, upholsterers - sheds light on the strong sociocultural affinities that existed in the Early Modern period between these apparently unrelated trades, challenging the divide between medical and non-medical occupations. Zusammenfassung This study of barbers-surgeons and other artisans involved in the care and appearance of the body - jewellers! tailors! wigmakers! upholsterers - sheds light on the strong sociocultural affinities that existed in the Early Modern period between these apparently unrelated trades! challenging the divide between medical and non-medical occupations. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of platesList of captionsList of figuresList of tablesAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction1. The view of the body of an ordinary surgeon 2. Health, beauty and hygiene: the broad domain of a barber-surgeon's duties 3. Barber-surgeons and artisans of the body 4. The place in society of artisans of the body 5. Social and kinship ties 6. Age, working relationships and the marketplace 7. Women in the body crafts 8. The weak father 9. Respectable men 10. The good surgeon Conclusion BibliographyIndex
