Mystical Bedlam

Klappentext Mystical Bedlam explores the social history of insanity of early seventeenth-century England by means of a detailed analysis of the records of Richard Napier. Zusammenfassung Mystical Bedlam explores the social history of insanity of early seventeenth-century England by means of a detailed analysis of the records of Richard Napier! a clergyman and astrological physician! who treated over 2000 mentally disturbed patients between 1597 and 1634. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Insanity in early modern England; 2. A healer and his patients; 3. Stress, anxiety and family life; 4. Popular stereotypes of insanity; 5. Psychological healing.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Michael Macdonald
• Collaboration: Colin Jones (Editeur), Charles Rosenberg (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 30.06.1983
• EAN: 9780521273824
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27382-4
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 226 mm x 20 mm
• Thème: Cambridge History of Medicine
• Catégorie: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine