The royal doctors, 1485-1714 : medical personnel at the Tudor and Stuart courts / Elizabeth Lane Furdell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Furdell, Elizabeth Lane.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physicians--England--History--16th century.

Physicians.

Physicians--England--History--17th century.

Medicine--England--History--16th century.

Medicine.

Medicine--England--History--17th century.

History.

England.

Physical Description:

x, 305 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, [2001]

Summary:

Drawing upon a myriad of primary and secondary historical sources, The Royal Doctors: Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts investigates the influential individuals who attended England's most important patients during a pivotal epoch in the evolution of the state and the medical profession.

Contents:

Introduction: The Tudor-Stuart Medical Household 1

Chapter 1 Henrician Doctors and the Founding of the Royal College of Physicians (1485-1547) 17

Chapter 2 Doctors to the "Little Tudors" (1547-58) 44

Chapter 3 The Medical Personnel of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) 67

Chapter 4 Doctors to the Early Stuarts (1603-49) 98

Chapter 5 The Medical Staff of the Interregnum (1649-60) 135

Chapter 6 Doctors to the Restored Stuarts (1660-88) 159

Chapter 7 The "Glorious Revolution" and the Medical Household of the Dual Monarchs (1688-1702) 199

Chapter 8 Medical Personnel in Queen Anne's Court (1702-14) 226

Epilogue: The Collective Profile and Legacy of the Tudor-Stuart Royal Doctors 254.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1580460518

OCLC:

45603991