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Misery to mirth : recovery from illness in early modern England / Hannah Newton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newton, Hannah, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--England--History--17th century.
- Medicine.
- Diseases--Treatment--England--History--17th century.
- Diseases.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The history of early modern medicine often makes for depressing reading. It implies that people fell ill, took ineffective remedies and died. 'Misery to Mirth' seeks to rebalance and brighten our overall picture of early modern health by focusing on the neglected subject of recovery from illness in England, c.1580-1720. Drawing on an array of archival and printed materials, the text shows that recovery did exist conceptually at this time, and that it was a widely reported phenomenon.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 12, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 9780191084652
- 0191084654
- 9780191826122
- 019182612X
- 9780191084645
- 0191084646
- OCLC:
- 1051781028
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198779025.001.0001
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