Medical conflicts in early modern London : patronage, physicians, and irregular practitioners, 1550-1640 / Margaret Pelling ; with Frances White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pelling, Margaret.

Contributor:

White, Frances.

Series:

Oxford studies in social history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Medicine.

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

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

Physicians.

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

Patron and client--England--London--History--16th century.

Patron and client.

Patron and client--England--London--History--17th century.

History.

England--London.

Physical Description:

xvi, 410 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

This is the first comprehensive analysis of the best single record we have which details the many medical practitioners in early modern London. It reveals the attitudes and realities in the conflict between the College of Physicians and the practitioners, whom the College regarded as illicit or irregular. In so doing, the book challenges the assumptions we make about the dominant professional values of modern western society.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [354]-384) and index.

ISBN:

0199257809

OCLC:

51668437