Making and marketing medicine in renaissance Florence / James Shaw and Evelyn Welch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, James E.

Contributor:

Welch, Evelyn S., 1959-

Series:

Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 89.

Wellcome series in the history of medicine.

Clio medica, 0045-7183 ; 89

The Wellcome series in the history of medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Italy--Florence--History--15th century--Sources.

Public health.

Medicine--Italy--Florence--History--15th century.

Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What did you do when you fell ill in fifteenth-century Florence? How did you get the medicines that you needed at a price you could afford? What would you find when you entered an apothecary’s shop? This richly detailed study of the Speziale al Giglio in Florence provides surprising answers, demonstrating the continued importance of highly personalised medical practice late into the fifteenth century. Drawing on extensive archival research, it shows how personal relationships and mutual trust, rather than market forces, made payment possible even for those with limited incomes. Examining the spaces, people and products involved, Making and Marketing Medicine investigates the roles played by sociability, information networks and regulation in creating communities as well as in promoting health in Renaissance Italy.

Contents:

Preliminary material / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

List of Images / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

List of Tables / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

List of Charts / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

Abbreviations / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

Glossary / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

Currencies, Weights and Measures / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

Introduction and Acknowledgements / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

The Shop and the Citys / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

Keeping Shop / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

People and their Purchases / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

Recovering Debts / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

Wax / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

Sugar and Spice / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

Medicines / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

Epilogue / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

Bibliography / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence

Index / Editors Making and Marketing Medicine in Renaissance Florence.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-00926-9

9786613009265

90-420-3157-3

OCLC:

707068804

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789042031579 DOI