The Popularization of medicine, 1650-1850 / edited by Roy Porter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Porter, Roy, 1946-2002.

Series:

Wellcome Institute series in the history of medicine

The Wellcome Institute series in the history of medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Popular--History--17th century.

Medicine, Popular--History--18th century.

Medicine, Popular--History--19th century.

History, 17th Century.

History, 18th Century.

History, 19th Century.

Medicine, Popular.

History.

Medical Subjects:

History, 17th Century.

History, 18th Century.

History, 19th Century.

Physical Description:

x, 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Summary:

In early modern centuries disease was rampant, and it was no surprise that popularized medical writings appeared, aiming to explain how ordinary people could take care of their own health. Often written by doctors, these writings gave advice for home treatments, and warned of the dangers of magic, quackery, old wives' tales and faith healing. "The Popularization of Medicine" explores the rise of this form of people's medicine, from the early days of printing to the Victorian age, focusing upon the different experiences of Britain and France, more marginal countries like Spain and Hungary, and upon North America.

Notes:

Papers from a conference held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in London in Jan. 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415072174

OCLC:

24380340